“The worst visions that Hollywood has given us of dystopian futures are real possible futures, if we don't act on this problem,” says geophysicist Michael Mann about what will happen if the amount of carbon in the atmosphere isn’t reduced. https://t.co/MQKN8hYNbi
“Every country says, ‘We'll try to do better.’ That won't work. What we need is to have an increasing price on the fossil fuels and do it in a way that the public will accept,” says former NASA scientist James Hansen about how to stop global warming. https://t.co/qZ7zfTBCEs
“There's about as much scientific consensus about human-caused climate change as there is about gravity,” says geophysicist Michael Mann in response to President Trump’s questioning the science behind climate change. https://t.co/hTFI9EZoVQ
Left only to natural forces, the earth would likely be cooling, says geophysicist Michael Mann. “We can only explain [the earth’s] warming when we include the human factor…from the burning of fossil fuels.” https://t.co/YJrJa32Yz6
32 years ago, NASA scientist James Hansen first delivered the news that climate change, driven by carbon emissions, was upon us. His graphs accurately traced the global rise in temperature to the year 2020. Here’s what he predicts for the next 30 years: https://t.co/oGt7yGuKRT
In the Trump era, it is considered a conflict of interest for a scientist who has ever received funding from the EPA to advise the agency. But it is not considered a conflict for advisers to be industry-paid consultants. This is the result: https://t.co/DqX7rxo60Z