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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>{{Cite journal |last=Hoff |first=Daniel |date=1976 |title=Aerosols and the Atmosphere |url=https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2321&context=istj |journal=Iowa Science Teachers Journal |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=25 |via=scholarworks.uni.edu}}</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>{{Cite journal |last=Hoff |first=Daniel |date=1976 |title=Aerosols and the Atmosphere |url=https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2321&context=istj |journal=Iowa Science Teachers Journal |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=25 |via=scholarworks.uni.edu}}</ref>
*In 1990, Bill Kurtis of PBS predicted that increasing greenhouse gas usage would cause 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 2006, [[the Telegraph]] reported "global doom" centered in Europe after a reported "hottest year" on record in almost 350 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Highfield |first=Roger |date=14 Dec 2006 |title=The hottest year since 1659 spells global doom |url=https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1536852/The-hottest-year-since-1659-spells-global-doom.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref>
*In 2006, [[the Telegraph]] reported "global doom" centered in Europe after a reported "hottest year" on record in almost 350 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Highfield |first=Roger |date=14 Dec 2006 |title=The hottest year since 1659 spells global doom |url=https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1536852/The-hottest-year-since-1659-spells-global-doom.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref>
*In 2006, following the release of "[[An Inconvenient Truth]]", former Vice President Al Gore stated that humanity had until 2016 to reduce GG emissions before reaching a "point of no return".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Anthony |date=2016-01-02 |title=24 days to Al Gore's '10 years to save the planet' and 'point of no return' planetary emergency deadline • Watts Up With That? |url=https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/01/02/24-days-to-al-gores-10-years-to-save-the-planet-and-point-of-no-return-planetary-emergency-deadline/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=wattsupwiththat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*In 2006, following the release of "[[An Inconvenient Truth]]", former Vice President Al Gore stated that humanity had until 2016 to reduce GG emissions before reaching a "point of no return".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Anthony |date=2016-01-02 |title=24 days to Al Gore's '10 years to save the planet' and 'point of no return' planetary emergency deadline • Watts Up With That? |url=https://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/01/02/24-days-to-al-gores-10-years-to-save-the-planet-and-point-of-no-return-planetary-emergency-deadline/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=wattsupwiththat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Warming climate ==
== Warming climate ==
*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>
*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 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>
*In 1988, NASA scientists warn of mass droughts in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hansen Got Everything Wrong – Alarmists Claim Victory - Real Climate Science |url=https://realclimatescience.com/2019/05/hansen-got-everything-wrong-alarmists-claim-victory/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*In 1988, NASA scientists warn of mass droughts in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hansen Got Everything Wrong – Alarmists Claim Victory - Real Climate Science |url=https://realclimatescience.com/2019/05/hansen-got-everything-wrong-alarmists-claim-victory/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*In 1990, IPCC author Michael Oppenheimer predicted that the North American continent would be overwhelmed by famine and crop failures by 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morano |first=Marc |date=5 Jan 2011 |title=UN Global Warming Author Defends Erroneous Claims |url=https://www.newsmax.com/MarcMorano/Michael-Oppenheimer-U-NIPCC/2011/01/05/id/381916/ |access-date=16 Jun 2023 |website=Newsmax}}</ref>
*In 1990, IPCC author Michael Oppenheimer predicted that the North American continent would be overwhelmed by famine and crop failures by 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morano |first=Marc |date=5 Jan 2011 |title=UN Global Warming Author Defends Erroneous Claims |url=https://www.newsmax.com/MarcMorano/Michael-Oppenheimer-U-NIPCC/2011/01/05/id/381916/ |access-date=16 Jun 2023 |website=Newsmax}}</ref>
*In 1990, the [[Denver Post]] predicted that the [[Great Plains]] would turn into desert.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Denver Post Archives |url=https://denverpost.newsbank.com/sign-up?docref=doc/news/0EB1D1A1602882D9%3Fpdate%3D1990-04-18 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=denverpost.newsbank.com}}</ref> A 2019 survey found that 91% of the Great Plains were ranches and agriculturally productive land.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-29 |title=Agriculture Patterns in the Great Plains |url=https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145932/agriculture-patterns-in-the-great-plains |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=earthobservatory.nasa.gov |language=en}}</ref>
== Pollution ==
== Pollution ==
*In 1970, biologist at [[Washington University]] Barry Commoner said “We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.”<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-04-26 |title=Enormous Problems |pages=1 |work=The Des Moines Register |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-environmental-cr/111505264/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
*In 1970, biologist at [[Washington University]] Barry Commoner said “We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable place of human habitation.”<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-04-26 |title=Enormous Problems |pages=1 |work=The Des Moines Register |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-environmental-cr/111505264/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
*In 1970, the founder of Earth Day, Denis Hayes, said that "it is already too late to prevent mass starvation".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Denneen |first=William |date=1970-04-22 |title=Earth Day Proclomation |pages=2 |work=Santa Maria Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-maria-times-mass-starvation/111506512/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
*In 1970, the founder of Earth Day, Denis Hayes, said that "it is already too late to prevent mass starvation".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Denneen |first=William |date=1970-04-22 |title=Earth Day Proclomation |pages=2 |work=Santa Maria Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-maria-times-mass-starvation/111506512/ |access-date=2023-06-16}}</ref>
*In 2005, the [[United Nations]] Environmental Programme predicted that there would be 50 million climate refugees by 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Brief History of Fantastically Wrong Climate Change Predictions |url=https://newstalk1130.iheart.com/content/2017-04-24-a-brief-history-of-fantastically-wrong-climate-change-predictions/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=News/Talk 1130 WISN |language=en}}</ref>
*In 2009, [[Prince Charles]] predicted that humanity had 96 months (8 years) to save the world from severe ecological damage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-07-08 |title=Just 96 months to save world, says Prince Charles |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-96-months-to-save-world-says-prince-charles-1738049.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
*In 2009, [[Prince Charles]] predicted that humanity had 96 months (8 years) to save the world from severe ecological damage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-07-08 |title=Just 96 months to save world, says Prince Charles |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-96-months-to-save-world-says-prince-charles-1738049.html |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>