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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>
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*In 1990, the [[Denver Post]] predicted that the [[Great Plains]] would turn into desert.<ref>https://denverpost.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB1D1A1602882D9?pdate=1990-04-18</ref>
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*In 1990, the [[Denver Post]] predicted that the [[Great Plains]] would turn into desert.<ref>https://denverpost.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB1D1A1602882D9?pdate=1990-04-18</ref> A 2019 survey found that 91% of the Great Plains were ranches and agriculturally productive land.<ref>https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145932/agriculture-patterns-in-the-great-plains</ref>
 
*In 1990, Bill Kurtis of PBS predicted that the rainforests of Madagascar would be gone by 2000.<ref>https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1990-01-15-2734810-story.html</ref>
 
*In 1990, Bill Kurtis of PBS predicted that the rainforests of Madagascar would be gone by 2000.<ref>https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1990-01-15-2734810-story.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>
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