Quotes by Richard Barber

“It is very important to know what has stabilized Earths heat, carbon dioxide and water budgets,”

“But it stays within bounds, and thats an unusual system,”

“They dont pile up too much oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrate or phosphate. Those are kept under some kind of biological control. Thats how the past has been. The big issue is, will the future work that way?”

“My colleagues and I want to start people thinking about the phytoplankton in the ocean and the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as an evolutionary problem in the context of the organisms that are doing the cycling. We think thats a big factor in climate regulation,”

“Its a valuable new piece of information. Understanding why carbon dioxide varied in the last glacial maximum is the most important question facing us. If we cant explain the recent past 18,000 to 20,000 years ago, then we cant be confident of our ability to predict the future.”

“We decided to pray for something we could do to make their life easier,”

“He just lit up like you wouldnt believe,”

“I said, Ritchie, were just messengers here. This is from Jesus.”

“Everybody just praised the Lord, ... It was a pretty moving experience that evening.”

“You can amend this. I just take a conservative approach and say bring it back (next meeting) with a bid.”