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Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere.

— David Suzuki

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Source: in: After 25 Years It’s Time To Stop Spinning Our Wheels, by David Suzuki, David Suzuki Foundation’s Science Matters newsletter 8 January 2013, quoted by The Green Word.
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