As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.
James HansenMoney has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.
James HansenIf humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO₂ will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm [parts per million] to at most 350 ppm... If the present overshoot of this target CO₂ is not brief, there is a possibility of seeding irreversible catastrophic effects.
James Hansen