Exploration for University paper regarding the contributions of scientist James Lovelock to geography, being a non geographer himself. His studies and discoveries have won him the title of 13 leaders and visionaries in Times Magazine 2007 in “Heroes of the Environment”. This paper looks at his role in the debates regarding climate change and his scientific discoveries without sponsorship. Sponsorship may sometimes entail machinations of the data to achieve results that befit the sponsors claims or demand, in other words, proving the sponsor’s view by playing with data to achieve wanted results.