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| | *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 2003, Pentagon scientists predicted that many parts of California would be completely underwater as part of a new delta by the year 2013.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160407042846/http://www.climate.org/PDF/clim_change_scenario.pdf</ref> | | *In 2003, Pentagon scientists predicted that many parts of California would be completely underwater as part of a new delta by the year 2013.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160407042846/http://www.climate.org/PDF/clim_change_scenario.pdf</ref> |
| | + | *In 2005, ABC predicts that NYC will be underwater by 2015.<ref>https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2015/06/12/flashback-abcs-08-prediction-nyc-under-water-climate-change-june</ref> |
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| − | == Greenhouse gases == | + | == Greenhouse gases and global warming == |
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| | *In 1974, a scientist tells congress that ozone depletion will cause "great peril" and that rates of skin cancer could increase to 8,000 extra people per year by 1990.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/69651456/</ref> | | *In 1974, a scientist tells congress that ozone depletion will cause "great peril" and that rates of skin cancer could increase to 8,000 extra people per year by 1990.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/69651456/</ref> |
| | *In 1988, NASA scientists warn of mass droughts in the 1990s.<ref>https://realclimatescience.com/2019/05/hansen-got-everything-wrong-alarmists-claim-victory/</ref> | | *In 1988, NASA scientists warn of mass droughts in the 1990s.<ref>https://realclimatescience.com/2019/05/hansen-got-everything-wrong-alarmists-claim-victory/</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> |
| − | *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 2000, climatologist David Viner stated that snowfall could become a thing of the past.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/steve-connor-don-t-believe-the-hype-over-climate-headlines-2180195.html</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150912124604/http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/snowfalls-are-now-just-a-thing-of-the-past-724017.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 2012, the [[Washington Post]] predicts that cherry blosssom trees will be blooming in Washington D.C. by wintertime.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/could-cherry-blossoms-one-day-be-blooming-in-winter/2012/03/14/gIQAnas1CS_story.html</ref> |
| | + | *In 2014, French foreign minister Laurent Fabius warned that humanity had 500 days before "climate chaos".<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/planet-still-standing-500-days-after-french-foreign-minister-warned-of-climate-chaos</ref> |
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| | == Pollution == | | == Pollution == |