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[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/piers-sellers-climate-scientist-turned-astronaut-dies-at-61/2016/12/23/145c5c0a-c37e-11e5-8965-0607e0e265ce_story.html <big>'''Piers Sellers Passes from Earth'''</big>]
 
 
:''Astronaut Piers Sellers, a dual British-US citizen, made a point of using his experiences as an astronaut to further [http://www.planetaryawareness.org planetary awareness] of climate issues. As a climate scientist and for many years director of NASA's Goddard Earth Science division, he was surprised to see how thin the atmosphere was. “That really brought home to me how easily mankind can affect its own environment. The stuff we breathe, there’s not much of it. It’s a very thin atmosphere. We better pay attention.”''
 
 
:''"As an astronaut I spacewalked 220 miles above the Earth. Floating alongside the International Space Station, I watched hurricanes cartwheel across oceans, the Amazon snake its way to the sea through a brilliant green carpet of forest, and gigantic nighttime thunderstorms flash and flare for hundreds of miles along the Equator."''
 
 
:''"From this God’s-eye-view, I saw how fragile and infinitely precious the Earth is. I’m hopeful for its future."
 
 
 
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Looking over Piers' right shoulder, in the near distance, together we can see the [https://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/thin-blue/ '''"Thin Blue" layer'''] surrounding Earth, our planet home
 
 
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:::::[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/11/26/nasa_photo_reminds_us_to_give_thanks_for_earth_s_beautiful_irreplaceable.html '''''A Moment to Appreciate Earth’s Atmosphere / On Thanksgiving Day 2014''''']
 
:::::[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/11/26/nasa_photo_reminds_us_to_give_thanks_for_earth_s_beautiful_irreplaceable.html '''''A Moment to Appreciate Earth’s Atmosphere / On Thanksgiving Day 2014''''']
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''"It is all connected, it is all interdependent... You look out the window, and in my case, I saw the thinness of the atmosphere, and it really hit home, and I thought, 'Wow, this is a fragile ball of life that we're living on.' It is hard for you to appreciate that until you are outside of it." - Astronaut Sandra Magnus''
  
  
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:[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/How_thin_is_earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg '''Look, "a twelve-minute drive" to the top of the troposphere...''']  
 
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"Perspective... from an Astronaut's point of view the thinness of the Earth’s life-supporting envelope is clear to see. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere.  
 
"Perspective... from an Astronaut's point of view the thinness of the Earth’s life-supporting envelope is clear to see. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere.  
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"A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if a modern Cassandra is warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear..."
 
"A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if a modern Cassandra is warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear..."
  
"Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of space, the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? How can kids in schools get a lesson that simply says "the 'thin blue' atmosphere that protects life on Earth is at risk and needs to be carefully taken care of and preserved. Our planet's health is in your care..." -- SJS / Siterunner
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"Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of space, the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? How can kids in schools get a lesson that simply says "the 'thin blue' atmosphere that protects life on Earth is at risk and needs to be carefully taken care of and preserved. Our planet's health is in your care..."  
  
  
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<big><big>'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Overview_Effect Overview]'''''</big></big>
 
 
One of the earliest known experiences of space travel, a whole earth perspective shared by returning astronauts, what author Frank White has called the [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect “Overview Effect”]''
 
 
 
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:''“We do not see any borders from space. We just see a unique planet with a thin, fragile atmosphere, suspended in a vast and hostile darkness.”''  
 
:''“We do not see any borders from space. We just see a unique planet with a thin, fragile atmosphere, suspended in a vast and hostile darkness.”''  
 
::''“From up here it is crystal clear that on Earth we are one humanity.”''  
 
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One of the earliest known experiences of space travel, a whole earth perspective shared by returning astronauts, is what author Frank White calls an [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Overview_Effect “Overview Effect”]''
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'''''[http://www.earthpov.com An #EarthPOV], [https://vimeo.com/55073825 an "Overview"] that, over time, will educate and open all to new challenges'''''  
 
'''''[http://www.earthpov.com An #EarthPOV], [https://vimeo.com/55073825 an "Overview"] that, over time, will educate and open all to new challenges'''''  
  
'''''Our generation faces new possibilities and challenges as [http://www.planetcitizen.org citizens of the planet] ...'''''
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''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be... [W]hy would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''
 
''Elon Musk:'' ''"The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be... [W]hy would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."''
  
''“Even if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter what — we know that is an inescapable outcome, it’s simply a question of when, not if — then, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 that’ve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? That’s crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?”'' -- ''Interviewed by Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s in 'Star Talk'''
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''“Even if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter what — we know that is an inescapable outcome, it’s simply a question of when, not if — then, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 that’ve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? That’s crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?”''  
  
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:<big>'''''as today's generation [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg begins to measure and calculate] the cost of [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Externalities "externalities"]'''''</big>
  
  
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* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security "New Definitions of National Security"]
 
* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security "New Definitions of National Security"]
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: An endeavor of GreenPolicy360 and StrategicDemands in the [http://strategicdemands.com/new-definitions-of-security/ national security] space
 
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<big>'''''As [http://www.planetcitizens.org planet citizens] we must acknowledge and measure [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Anthropocene our impact] on the natural systems of Earth and act to protect and preserve the thin layer of life-enabling atmosphere.'''</big>
  
  

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"It is all connected, it is all interdependent... You look out the window, and in my case, I saw the thinness of the atmosphere, and it really hit home, and I thought, 'Wow, this is a fragile ball of life that we're living on.' It is hard for you to appreciate that until you are outside of it." - Astronaut Sandra Magnus


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SJS / GreenPolicy360 Siterunner:

"Perspective... from an Astronaut's point of view the thinness of the Earth’s life-supporting envelope is clear to see. Yet, from the surface of the Earth, looking up, it is not clear at all how far the atmosphere goes. It is not clear how this 'thin blue' layer acts to protect our planetary ecosystems, our biosphere.

"A collapse of the biosphere due to anthropogenic climate change is not an impossible scenario when seen with an overview perspective. The words of astronauts speaking of the thin layer of Earth's protective atmosphere are as if a modern Cassandra is warning without being heard or listened to by those too busy to hear..."

"Let's talk in common language then, the language of cars and these cars are being driven up into the sky, not on highways to work or play. How far is it before we reach the edge of space, the border to life as we know it down here on Earth? How can kids in schools get a lesson that simply says "the 'thin blue' atmosphere that protects life on Earth is at risk and needs to be carefully taken care of and preserved. Our planet's health is in your care..."


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Astronaut Gerst: “Some things that on Earth we see in the news every day and thus almost tend to accept as a “given”, appear very different from our perspective.”

“We do not see any borders from space. We just see a unique planet with a thin, fragile atmosphere, suspended in a vast and hostile darkness.”
“From up here it is crystal clear that on Earth we are one humanity.”


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Steven Schmidt / GP360 Siterunner: "A chemical experiment with unknown consequences is taking place above and around us. The Earth's atmosphere, a thin layer that enables and protects life, is being impacted by potentially deadly human-produced emissions, even as a first generation of data and science is being produced with atmospheric observations from space. We are beginning to realize the extent of an existential experiment humanity is conducting in the atmosphere of the planet. The Anthropocene era is a gathering storm that is changing 'nature' and our responsibility to future generations is profound."

Elon Musk: "The greater the change to the chemical composition of the physical, chemical makeup of the oceans and atmosphere [due to increased carbon emissions], the greater the long-term effect will be... [W]hy would you run this crazy experiment to see how bad it'll be? We know it's at least some bad, and the overwhelming scientific consensus is that it'll be really bad."

“Even if you put the environmental consequences of dramatically changing the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere aside, we will eventually run out of oil. If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, and we then run out of oil, the economy will collapse and civilization will come to an end as we know it. And so if we know that we have to ultimately get off oil no matter what — we know that is an inescapable outcome, it’s simply a question of when, not if — then, why would you run this crazy experiment of changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere and oceans by adding enormous amounts of CO2 that’ve been buried since the pre-Cambrian era? That’s crazy. That is the dumbest experiment in history, by far. Can you think of a dumber experiment? I honestly cannot. What good could possibly come of it?”

-- Interviewed by Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s in 'Star Talk' '


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