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Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get
Mark Twain
Those new regions which we found and explored with the fleet... we may rightly call a New World... a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and, in addition, a climate milder than in any other region known to us.
Amerigo Vespucci
Some people call it global warming; some people call it climate change.
What is the difference?
Frank Luntz
I’ve never seen anything like this before.
What surprises me is how much [of the ocean warming] is in the deep water.
Peter Rhines,
Oceanographer,
University of Seattle
If you think mitigated climate change is expensive, try unmitigated climate change.
Dr. Richard Gammon,
University of Washington,
on the steps of the US Congress,
June 28, 1999.
There is broad agreement within the scientific community that amplification of the Earth's natural greenhouse effect by the buildup of various gases introduced by human activity has the potential to produce dramatic changes in climate.
Only by taking action now can we ensure that future generations will not be put at risk.
Statement by 49 Nobel Prize winners
and 700 members of
the National Academy of Sciences, 1990
We're doing great, thank God. The American economy is flourishing.
We're using more fossil fuels.
We're putting more CO2 in the air.
The coal plants are running at record levels. Business has never been better.
We're doing great!
Fred Palmer,
Western Fuels Association
If it were only a few degrees, that would be serious, but we could adapt to it.
But the danger is the warming process might be unstable and run away. We could end up like Venus, covered in clouds and with the surface temperature of 400 degrees.
It could be too late if we wait until the bad effects of warming become obvious.
We need action now to reduce emission of carbon dioxide.
Stephen Hawking
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