Always good for strong words, Professor James Lovelock will held a lecture this evening at Carlton House Terrace in London at 6:20 pm local time. He is famous for his Gaya theory which considers Earth as a living organism and describes very good the feedback effects of our planet. However, he also supports nuclear energy as a ‘green option’ and even more controvery claims.
The Telegraph had a view into the script and cites: ‘Reducing emissions could speed global warming’. Which according to Lovelock leads to the truth, if industry cuts all emissions so fast that the aerosols will outpower the warming of the greenhouse gases. A theoretical but drastic option.
More interesting may be the part on positive feedbacks and seeing Earth from a holistic point of view. The Telegraph writes:
… Prof Lovelock believes that even the gloomiest predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are underestimating the current severity of climate change because they do not go into the consequences of the current burden pollution in the atmosphere which will last for centuries….
… According to Professor Lovelock’s gloomy analysis, the IPCC’s climate models fail to take account of the Earth as a living system where life in the oceans and land takes an active part in regulating the climate….
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