you see, i see gaia, the system of the earth, as about the same age as me, in effect. you mean...?2, coming up. what i mean is it it's equivalent to that, in a planet's terms. its time is approaching. you're saying that our planet and all of life on this planet is in its last phase? yep. unless... unless we do things to stop that happening, or the — or us, those that follow us do it, it could be rescued, to an extent. what would we all, as a species — the human species — what would we all need to do now to avert that sort of, frankly, end—of—life scenario that you're talking about? i think the first thing is to understand what's happening. you can't really do much if everybody is arguing about it — which they have been, up to date. very few people accept it. my theory is the earth at the beginning — the biologists in particular were particular — felt that it was in some ways anti—darwin, which it wasn't in any way. mmm. it complied entirely in agreement with darwin's great ideas. and it took a long time before they swung round. and the trouble is, science is too divided up. univers

now, he introduced us to the gaia hypothesis — the idea that our planet and all of the life on it are one dynamic, self—regulating system. lovelock is now 101 years old, still having big thoughts about the future of life on earth. have we humans sown the seeds of our own destruction? james lovelock, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yes, glad to be back. it is such a pleasure to have you back on the programme. i want to ask you for your reflections on your own famous gaia hypothesis — that idea that all of life on this planet and the planet itself are part of one self—regulating system. when you developed the idea five decades ago, you seemed quite optimistic that this system was very durable, very resilient. well, it had lasted three billion years — that's not bad going! but are you now worried about its vulnerability? yes, iam. you see, i see gaia, the system of the earth, as about the same age as me, in effect. you mean...? it's. . .102, coming up. what i mean is it its equivalent to that, in a planet's terms. its time is approaching. you're saying that our planet and all of life on

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mighty wheels and the feet of tiny insects of land, and that causes the ripple effects across and gaia ecosystems. the, the, the cacophony of human activity, wildlife. these stones must be overwhelming the but looking at what effect the actually have on the natural world is a relatively new field of research. whales and dolphins for exam can communicate over a distance of many kilometers on very specific frequency. these are being disrupted increasingly by the noise of offshore oil grid, large ships and the use of sono device. ah, the animals have a hard time communicating and can become disoriented, eating to increasing numbers of beached based on land. do people make an almighty around 100 decibels? it's often too low even for human, thought. the impact of that noise on why is because most animals communicate using various sounds. birds willing to make, for example, can barely hear each other in loud environments. studies show that the meeting great in noisy places decreases to around 77 percent compared to 90. do person in the forest researches fear that the bird proposition will de

starts jim jordan and that banks gaia, nancy pelosi is an awesome woman. she did the right thing. she took out the trash. let us just say it was an awful thing that happened that day. mccarthy, banks, they all have blood on their hands. that is why they wanted a separate committee. host: here is a jim jordan at yesterday's news conference. >> i have said this before. what else are they going to talk about? crime? the fact that crime is up in every major urban area in this country? are they going to talk about the order crisis? march was the highest month on record for illegal crossings. april was the highest on record until may. you cannot talk about that. are they going to talk about inflation? the fact that the price of eggs is up, milks, airline tickets, the price of a used -- the price of everything? they cannot talk about that. they will be partisan and focus on this. host: eddie thompson of mississippi had been selected by that speaker to be the chair. they have a hearing. the first is set for next tuesday, the 27th. we will have coverage if it goes forward. here is what ben

[laughter] so, gaia, it seems there are two variables that are handicapping the democrats here, the biglso this obsession with wokism, identity politics come intersectionality that is alienating them from the average person. >> first of all, i would like to fact-check stephanie ruhle because conservatives are not seizing on this, we are pouncing. this week, we are pouncing on the crime problem. i wonder if they are trying to force the democrats to care about crime and take it more seriously, not to stop the bloodshed in the streets, but because they need to stop the republicans. be that is a sort of very strange way to come at it but it theremight be something to that. i saw a piece last week, top democrats quietly whispering that we are very concerned -- and they are like okay, you don't half to whisper it, you can go to war with your own base. they don't want to do that. if they are going to make an adjustment in midstream it might be too late because there is a hard core element of their base that will never accept it and voters have been awake for the last two years. we have seen wh

>> i love the olympics, gaia, i went when it was in atlanta. i love it so much.ng ceremony look like? what happens if more athletes test positive for understand trying to get down these applets of the waited five years now training, and working. but it's kind of turn into a little bit of a mess. i am worried that it will really tarnish, the olympic's are not perfect that many challenges throughout history. but i'm worried about this one. and i love them so much but. >> i'm a winter elliptic's man myself but i prefer it slightly because of hockey. but i like watching the olympics i love the pomp and circumstance. brad, i'm sort of wondering now that we know all this stuff is going down, there is to marie's point a bit of a mess that's growing in tokyo i hope it all goes off-line. but, no fans in the stands, the ceremonies, the metal ceremonies are going to be different you have to put your own metal on. all this covid stuff pretty sure interest in the limits the same as it would be in an average year is it enhanced because the curiosity? is it diminished because s

. >> why is it that gaia murdered somebody is out in communities after been arrested two or three months prior with firearms. what are we thinking he was going to do pretty rape or violent offenders, the size that we have seen anywhere. it. >> just last month they were wanting to cut funding for police and now illiterate resident she wants the department to use any overtime necessary to stop the surge in crimes and they said the federal government there's so much responsibility that there in the course which are not operating at full capacity and as of june 2021, there are 10199 criminal cases pending and what does that leg and cut case processing mean for the community, more people arrested and immediately released. in the dc postings video showing that two suspects living in a getaway car average thursday night shooting and witnesses it a war zone. residents complained to the dc police chief violent criminals mustang locked up. [inaudible]. >> the surgeon crimes not limited to work nation's capitol according to data, more than 4000 workers and 73 cities so far this year that is of more

starts jim jordan and that banks gaia, nancy pelosi is an awesome woman. she did the right thing.he took out the trash. let us just say it was an awful thing that happened that day. mccarthy, banks, they all have blood on their hands. that is why they wanted a separate committee. host: here is a jim jordan at yesterday's news conference. >> i have said this before. what else are they going to talk about? crime? the fact that crime is up in every major urban area in this country? are they going to talk about the order crisis? march was the highest month on record for illegal crossings. april was the highest on record until may. you cannot talk about that. are they going to talk about inflation? the fact that the price of eggs is up, milks, airline tickets, the price of a used -- the price of everything? they cannot talk about that. they will be partisan and focus on this. host: eddie thompson of mississippi had been selected by that speaker to be the chair. they have a hearing. the first is set for next tuesday, the 27th. we will have coverage if it goes forward. here is what benny