Unless we redesign our civilization in numerous ways, all of the science in the world won't save us.

- William H. Calvin

If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of th…

- William H. Calvin

Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses.

- William H. Calvin

Perhaps we should put up posters in such places reminding people that where they stand was underwater the last time that the Earth ran a 3°F fever.

- William H. Calvin

Since Serengeti-scale savanna scenes are only one or two million years old, our earliest after-the-apes ancestors didn't move into this scene so much…

- William H. Calvin

Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial.

- William H. Calvin

You can always spot the pioneers by the arrows in their backs.

- William H. Calvin

Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technolog…

- William H. Calvin

It's going to be like herding stray cats, and the political leaders who can do it will be remembered as the same kind of geniuses who pulled off the …

- William H. Calvin