Even Our Rules And Regulations, Our Laws,

There Is Not A Well-funded Campaign Among Scientists To Say, "look, Here's The Evidence. You Can Read It Yourself. Here Are The Facts. We're Not Making This Up."

The Diversity Of Life On Earth, Generally, Is Astonishing. But Despite Those Large Numbers, It's Also Important To Recognize That Every Species, One Way Or Another, Is Vulnerable To Extinction. And In Our Time On Earth... Our Impact On The Diversity Of Life Has Been Profound.

Burning Fossil Fuels Has Given Us The Gift Of Seeing Ourselves In New Ways. But That Very Gift Now Enables Us To See We've Got To Change Our Ways.

We Have The Capacity To Alter The Nature Of Nature. No, We Don't Have Just The Capacity - We Are Altering The Nature Of Nature, The Natural Systems That Cause The Planet To Function In Our Favor.

We Want To Think Of Ourselves As Truly Special Creatures That Are Unique In The Universe And, Well, We Are. And We Have That Capacity To Wonder, To Question, And To See Ourselves In The Context Of All Of Life That Has Preceded The Present Time, And All That Will Go Off Far Into The Future, One Way Or Another.