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This problem may not occur for several hundred years, but by the time we see the first signs, it will be far too late to do anything about it.

— Tim Flannery The Weather Makers (2005)

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Some time this century, the day will arrive when the human influence on the climate will overwhelm all natural factors.

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In our Gaian world, everything is connected to and influences everything else.

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Nothing in predictive climate science is more certain than the extinction of many of the world’s mountain-dwelling species.

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If humans pursue a business-as-usual course for the first half of this century, I believe the collapse of civilization due to climate change becomes inevitable.

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Coal fires are a notorious risk for coalmines. In North America whole towns have had to be relocated because of fires that have been uncontrollable.”

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