Lovelock, the proposer of Gaia hypothesis, says his predictions (and others also) were exaggerated:
http://www.examiner.com/article/gaia-author-james-lovelock-recants-on-global-warming Matheus C. Carvalho Senior Research Associate Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry Southern Cross University Lismore - Australia http://www.angelfire.com/pa/ostro