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Tuesday, November 28, 2006 

Gaia scientist Lovelock predicts planetary wipeout

I sure hope James Lovelock is wrong this time. This is scary stuff.

Gaia scientist Lovelock predicts planetary wipeout

By Jeremy Lovell
Tue Nov 28, 10:13 AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - The earth has a fever that could boost temperatures by 8 degrees Celsius making large parts of the surface uninhabitable and threatening billions of peoples' lives, a controversial climate scientist said on Tuesday.

James Lovelock, who angered climate scientists with his Gaia theory of a living planet and then alienated environmentalists by backing nuclear power, said a traumatized earth might only be able to support less than a tenth of it's 6 billion people.

"We are not all doomed. An awful lot of people will die, but I don't see the species dying out," he told a news conference. "A hot earth couldn't support much over 500 million."

Read entire article online at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061128/sc_nm/earth_fever_dc_1


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