Richard Alley Professions : Professor Born : 1957 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Richard Alley The more the climate is forced to change, the more likely it is to hit some unforeseen threshold that can trigger quite fast, surprising and perhaps unpleasant changes. Richard Alley threshold triggers climate If humans weren't here and we didn't care about anything that lives here, if this were a video game, I'd push the button and see what happens, because it'd be really exciting; but it's not a video game. Richard Alley buttons video games The ice sheets seem to be shrinking 100 years ahead of schedule. Richard Alley climate ice years The big picture is clear and unchanged, warming melts ice. Richard Alley science Similar Authors Bryan Stevenson professor Bruce Greenwald professor Bruce Ames professor Brian Wansink professor Brian Schmidt professor Brian Martin professor All Authors