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James Lovelock
James Ephraim Lovelock was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.
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science · English scientist (1919–2022) · chemist · university teacher · mythographer · ecologist · environmentalist · science fiction writer · biochemist · futurist · independent scientist · autobiographer · also James Lovelock, James Ephraim Lovelock, James E. Lovelock, James E Lovelock, J. E. Lovelock, J E Lovelock
Born 26 July 1919 · Died 26 July 2022 · Q210898
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2026· 3 entries
“I am a Green, and I entreat my friends in the movement to drop their wrongheaded objection to nuclear energy”
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“But what about nuclear waste? Will it not poison the whole biosphere and persist for millions of years?”
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2025· 1 entry
Publishers Weekly: The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets, Spycraft and Gaia Theory
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2022· 4 entries
New Scientist: Writing Gaia review: The letters of James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis
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Yahoo: James Lovelock: Pioneer behind the ‘Gaia’ Earth hypothesis
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WLNS.com: James Lovelock, creator of Gaia ecology theory, dies at 103
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Died 2022-07-26.
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2019· 3 entries
“... you would find the life of me and my wife Sandy to be an unusually happy one in simple beautiful but unpretentious surroundings.”
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Lovelock said he thought difficulties in getting nuclear power going again were due to propaganda, that "the coal and oil business fight like mad to tell bad stories about nuclear", and that "the greens played along with
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“the coal and oil business fight like mad to tell bad stories about nuclear”
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2014· 1 entry
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2012· 4 entries
Time: James Lovelock Walks Back His Alarmism on Climate
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Lovelock distanced himself from these conclusions, saying he had "gone too far" in describing the consequences of climate change over the next century in this book
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“overconfidence, during that decade, that global warming would occur at a high rate and result in a”
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Lovelock stated his support for natural gas; he favoured fracking as a low-polluting alternative to coal
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Fonseca Prize (2009).
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2008).
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That 80% of humans will perish by 2100, and this climate change will last 100,000 years
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2007· 2 entries
Lovelock and Chris Rapley proposed the construction of ocean pumps to pump water up from below the thermocline to "fertilize algae in the surface waters and encourage them to bloom"
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That the temperature increase would leave much of the world's land uninhabitable and unsuitable for farming, with northerly migrations and new cities created in the Arctic; furthermore, he added that much of Europe will
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2006· 5 entries
Won Wollaston Medal (2006).
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Won Edinburgh Medal (2006).
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Received the Wollaston Medal, the Geological Society of London's highest award, whose previous recipients include Charles Darwin
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“billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable”
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Lovelock argued that, as a result of global warming, "billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic where the climate remains tolerable" by the end of the 21st century
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2005· 1 entry
Against the backdrop of renewed UK government interest in nuclear power, Lovelock again publicly announced his support for nuclear energy, stating, "I am a Green, and I entreat my friends in the movement to drop their wr
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2004· 1 entry
Broke with many fellow environmentalists by stating that "only nuclear power can now halt global warming"
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Companion of Honour (2003).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Blue Planet Prize (1997).
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Volvo Environment Prize (1996).
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Awarded International Nonino Prize (1996).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1990).
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Awarded Dr A. H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences (1990).
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1988· 1 entry
Made an extended appearance on the Channel 4 television programme After Dark, alongside Heathcote Williams and Petra Kelly, among others
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1983· 1 entry
Which postulated a hypothetical planet orbiting a star whose radiant energy is slowly increasing or decreasing
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1974· 2 entries
Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1974).
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(for which Sherwood and Molina later shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Paul Crutzen)
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1972· 1 entry
Went on to measure the concentration of CFC-11 from the northern hemisphere to the Antarctic aboard the research vessel RRS Shackleton
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1948· 1 entry
Lovelock received a PhD degree at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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1919· 1 entry
Born 1919-07-26.
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