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One last chance to save mankind

21 January 2009

�鶹��ý. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. — James Lovelock thinks humanity has only one remaining option to halt climate change and save ourselves
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With his 90th birthday in July, a trip into space scheduled for later in the year and a new book out next month, 2009 promises to be an exciting time for James Lovelock. But the originator of the Gaia theory, which describes Earth as a self-regulating planet, has a stark view of the future of humanity. He tells we have one last chance to save ourselves – and it has nothing to do with nuclear power…

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