I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.
James HansenThe forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with an accuracy sufficient to define future climate change.
James HansenThe 5-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow down in the growth rate of net climate forcing.
James HansenThe climate is nearing tipping points. Changes are beginning to appear and there is a potential for explosive changes, effects that would be irreversible, if we do not rapidly slow fossil-fuel emissions over the next few decades.
James Hansen