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Failed climate change predictions (view source)
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*In 1971, biologist Paul Ehrlich predicted that the [[United Kingdom]] would be an archipelago of hungry people by 2000.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/30/doomsday-prophets-who-never-say-theyre-sorry/</ref>
*In 1971, biologist Paul Ehrlich predicted that the [[United Kingdom]] would be an archipelago of hungry people by 2000.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/30/doomsday-prophets-who-never-say-theyre-sorry/</ref>
*In 1988, Climatologist James Hansen predicted that the West Side Highway in Manhattan would be submerged underwater by 2008. <ref>https://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/10/22/a-little-known-but-failed-20-year-old-climate-change-prediction-by-dr-james-hansen/</ref>
*In 1988, Climatologist James Hansen predicted that the West Side Highway in Manhattan would be submerged underwater by 2008. <ref>https://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/10/22/a-little-known-but-failed-20-year-old-climate-change-prediction-by-dr-james-hansen/</ref>
*In 1989, UN environmental officials claims that entire nations would be "wiped off the face of the earth" if climate change went unchecked by 2000. Over 20 years later, this has yet to happen.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0</ref> Even liberal fact checkers admit fault with this statement.<ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nations-vanish-global-warming/</ref>
*In 1989, UN environmental officials claims that entire nations would be "wiped off the face of the earth" if climate change went unchecked by 2000. Over 20 years later, this has yet to happen.<ref>https://apnews.com/article/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0</ref> Even liberal fact checkers admit fault with this statement.<ref>https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nations-vanish-global-warming/</ref>
*In 1990, IPCC author Michael Oppenheimer predicted that the North American continent would be overwhelmed by famine and crop failures by 1995. <ref>https://www.newsmax.com/MarcMorano/Michael-Oppenheimer-U-NIPCC/2011/01/05/id/381916/</ref>
*In 1990, IPCC author Michael Oppenheimer predicted that the North American continent would be overwhelmed by famine and crop failures by 1995. <ref>https://www.newsmax.com/MarcMorano/Michael-Oppenheimer-U-NIPCC/2011/01/05/id/381916/</ref>
<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver</ref>
*In 2000, climatologist David Viner stated that snow would soon become a rare event in England.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/steve-connor-don-t-believe-the-hype-over-climate-headlines-2180195.html</ref>
*In 2005, the United Nations Environmental Programme predicted that there would be 50 million climate refugees by 2010.<ref>https://newstalk1130.iheart.com/content/2017-04-24-a-brief-history-of-fantastically-wrong-climate-change-predictions/</ref>
*In 2005, the United Nations Environmental Programme predicted that there would be 50 million climate refugees by 2010.<ref>https://newstalk1130.iheart.com/content/2017-04-24-a-brief-history-of-fantastically-wrong-climate-change-predictions/</ref>
*In 1970, Life magazine predicted that all urban city dwellers would need to wear gas masks in order to survive in an air polluted climate by the year 1980, and that sunlight would only penetrate half as hard as it did due to particles in the air.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jarrett-stepman/5-dire-climate-predictions-never-came-true</ref>
*In 1970, Life magazine predicted that all urban city dwellers would need to wear gas masks in order to survive in an air polluted climate by the year 1980, and that sunlight would only penetrate half as hard as it did due to particles in the air.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jarrett-stepman/5-dire-climate-predictions-never-came-true</ref>
== Global Cooling ==
*In 1970, Kenneth Watts stated that by the year 2000, the globe will have cooled by 11 degrees.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/10-failed-global-warming-predictions/</ref>
*In 1975, Newsweek ran an article called "Cooling World", predicting that the climate was cooling at such a fast rate that there would be mass famine. Newsweek later retracted the claim in 2014.<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-rewind-debunking-global-cooling-252326</ref>
*In 2004, [[the Guardian]] leaked a Bush intelligence document that predicted that Great Britain would be plunged into a [[Siberia|Siberian]]-like climate by 2020.
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