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*In 1855, newspapers warned of the warming climate, as rivers like the Rhine and the Tiber were no longer consistently frozen over.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1855-01-20 |title=Cause of Changes in Climate |pages=3 |work=Thibodaux Minerva |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/thibodaux-minerva-climate-changes-from-t/115841296/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> Despite the fact that 1963 saw the coldest German winter of the 20th century, freezing over the Rhine,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rhine River Froze Over |url=https://legacystories.org/storyboard/entry/the-rhine-river-froze-over-1 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=legacystories.org |language=en-gb}}</ref> modern scientists have discovered that the freezing and non-freezing of the Rhine were most likely linked to solar magnetism and sunspot activity, and not a permanently changing climate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mainz |first=Johannes Gutenberg University |date=2012-08-27 |title=International team of researchers finds a link between cold European winters and solar activity - Press and Public Relations |url=https://press.uni-mainz.de/international-team-of-researchers-finds-a-link-between-cold-european-winters-and-solar-activity/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, concurrent scientists of the time predicted that shifting magnetism would cause cold meridians of the earth to freeze the Tiber over again.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1856-01-26 |title=Why Climates Change |pages=2 |work=The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wheeling-daily-intelligencer-climate/11333841/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
 
*In 1855, newspapers warned of the warming climate, as rivers like the Rhine and the Tiber were no longer consistently frozen over.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1855-01-20 |title=Cause of Changes in Climate |pages=3 |work=Thibodaux Minerva |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/thibodaux-minerva-climate-changes-from-t/115841296/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> Despite the fact that 1963 saw the coldest German winter of the 20th century, freezing over the Rhine,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rhine River Froze Over |url=https://legacystories.org/storyboard/entry/the-rhine-river-froze-over-1 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=legacystories.org |language=en-gb}}</ref> modern scientists have discovered that the freezing and non-freezing of the Rhine were most likely linked to solar magnetism and sunspot activity, and not a permanently changing climate.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mainz |first=Johannes Gutenberg University |date=2012-08-27 |title=International team of researchers finds a link between cold European winters and solar activity - Press and Public Relations |url=https://press.uni-mainz.de/international-team-of-researchers-finds-a-link-between-cold-european-winters-and-solar-activity/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |language=en-US}}</ref> Additionally, concurrent scientists of the time predicted that shifting magnetism would cause cold meridians of the earth to freeze the Tiber over again.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1856-01-26 |title=Why Climates Change |pages=2 |work=The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wheeling-daily-intelligencer-climate/11333841/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
 
*In 1874, Ohio newspapers claimted that the migration patterns of Parakeets (Paroquets) were changing due to a lack of "Indian Summers". Not only is this claim erroneous in nature, but unfit as a scientific comparison, as Parakeets are not native to the Americas, as they came from Australia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1874-06-09 |title=Habits of Birds, and Climate |pages=1 |work=The Coshocton Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-coshocton-democrat-coshocton-democra/72733369/ |access-date=2023-06-17}}</ref> As of current times, Parakeets still live in the north in the United States, going as far as parts of Upstate New York and [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carolina Parakeet - Species Range Map |url=https://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/maps/carolina_parakeet_map.htm |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=www.sdakotabirds.com}}</ref>
 
*In 1874, Ohio newspapers claimted that the migration patterns of Parakeets (Paroquets) were changing due to a lack of "Indian Summers". Not only is this claim erroneous in nature, but unfit as a scientific comparison, as Parakeets are not native to the Americas, as they came from Australia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1874-06-09 |title=Habits of Birds, and Climate |pages=1 |work=The Coshocton Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-coshocton-democrat-coshocton-democra/72733369/ |access-date=2023-06-17}}</ref> As of current times, Parakeets still live in the north in the United States, going as far as parts of Upstate New York and [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carolina Parakeet - Species Range Map |url=https://www.sdakotabirds.com/species/maps/carolina_parakeet_map.htm |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=www.sdakotabirds.com}}</ref>
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*In 1880, the Knoxville Daily Chronicle claimed that a warming climate was causing more Americans to develop Rheumatism,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1880-02-08 |title=Is Our Climate Changing? |pages=4 |work=Knoxville Daily Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/knoxville-daily-chronicle-climate-change/67097027/ |access-date=2023-06-18}}</ref> and modern studies have corroborated that in a lack of air conditioning, higher temperatures and humidity levels can exacerbate symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-03-03 |title=Arthritis and Weather: Is There a Connection? |url=https://www.healthline.com/health/arthritis-weather |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Healthline |language=en}}</ref>Due to this correlation, one would expect levels of RA to rise given the claims of modern climate scientists, but studies show that the prevelancy of RA is declining in the United States.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Patberg |first=Wiebe R. |last2=Rasker |first2=Johannes J. |date=Jul 2004 |title=Weather effects in rheumatoid arthritis: from controversy to consensus. A review |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15229951/ |journal=The Journal of Rheumatology |volume=31 |issue=7 |pages=1327–1334 |issn=0315-162X |pmid=15229951}}</ref>
 
*In 1934, the Daily News of New York claimed that the climate of New York City would become warm enough to support plants and animals of a tropical climate. Nearly 90 years later, this remains untrue.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-09-24 |title=Captures Recall theory of Climate Change |pages=207 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/103068728/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
 
*In 1934, the Daily News of New York claimed that the climate of New York City would become warm enough to support plants and animals of a tropical climate. Nearly 90 years later, this remains untrue.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-09-24 |title=Captures Recall theory of Climate Change |pages=207 |work=Daily News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/103068728/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
 
*In 1934, the Vancouver Sun stated that the climate of British Columbia had been getting milder since the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-12-29 |title=Shift in Weather of Whole Dominion: Warm and Cold Years in Cycles - Records of Half Century |pages=5 |work=The Vancouver Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-vancouver-sun-canada-w/112534461/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> In 1968, Vancouver's temperature reached a low of -18.3 C (-0.9 F), the lowest ever recorded temperature in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Environment and Climate Change |date=2011-10-31 |title=Daily Data Report for December 1968 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1957-09-01%7C1995-06-30&mlyRange=1957-01-01%7C1995-06-01&StationID=903&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1970&selRowPerPage=25&Line=42&searchMethod=contains&Month=12&Day=1&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Year=1968 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=climate.weather.gc.ca |language=en}}</ref>
 
*In 1934, the Vancouver Sun stated that the climate of British Columbia had been getting milder since the 1880s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1934-12-29 |title=Shift in Weather of Whole Dominion: Warm and Cold Years in Cycles - Records of Half Century |pages=5 |work=The Vancouver Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-vancouver-sun-canada-w/112534461/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref> In 1968, Vancouver's temperature reached a low of -18.3 C (-0.9 F), the lowest ever recorded temperature in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Canada |first=Environment and Climate Change |date=2011-10-31 |title=Daily Data Report for December 1968 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1957-09-01%7C1995-06-30&mlyRange=1957-01-01%7C1995-06-01&StationID=903&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=1970&selRowPerPage=25&Line=42&searchMethod=contains&Month=12&Day=1&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Year=1968 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=climate.weather.gc.ca |language=en}}</ref>
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