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Failed climate change predictions (view source)
Revision as of 23:04, June 18, 2023
, 23:04, June 18, 2023→Pollution: claim that all animal life would be extinct by 1900 due to coal
== Pollution ==
== Pollution ==
*In 1880, a writer for the British magazine ''Nature'' suggested that by the year 1900, all animal life would cease to exist as a result of pollution from burning coal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1883-01-06 |title=Pollution of the Air. |pages=2 |work=The Daily Republican |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-republican/34727497/ |access-date=2023-06-18}}</ref> It has been more than 120 years since the deadline for that prediction, and animal life has ceased to cease.
*In 1969, the New York Times publishes "Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reinhold |first=Robert |date=1969-08-10 |title=FOE OF POLLUTION SEES LACK OF TIME; Asserts Environmental Ills Outrun Public Concern |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/10/archives/foe-of-pollution-sees-lack-of-time-asserts-environmental-ills.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As of 2023, the human race has yet to disappear in a cloud of blue steam.
*In 1969, the New York Times publishes "Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Reinhold |first=Robert |date=1969-08-10 |title=FOE OF POLLUTION SEES LACK OF TIME; Asserts Environmental Ills Outrun Public Concern |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/08/10/archives/foe-of-pollution-sees-lack-of-time-asserts-environmental-ills.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As of 2023, the human race has yet to disappear in a cloud of blue steam.
*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>{{Cite web |last=Stepman |first=Jarrett |date=12 Mar 2019 |title=5 Dire Climate Predictions That Never Came True |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404030608/https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jarrett-stepman/5-dire-climate-predictions-never-came-true |access-date=16 Jun 2023 |website=CNS News}}</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>{{Cite web |last=Stepman |first=Jarrett |date=12 Mar 2019 |title=5 Dire Climate Predictions That Never Came True |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404030608/https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jarrett-stepman/5-dire-climate-predictions-never-came-true |access-date=16 Jun 2023 |website=CNS News}}</ref>