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Global Cooling: The 70’s scientists were afraid of a new Ice Age! (PHOTOS)

A 70's scientific blunder

Newsroom April 26 08:57

It may sound funny, but in the 70’s there was no such thing as “Global Warming”. The climatic scare-phrase was “Global Cooling”!
That’s right…
What, you don’t believe us?
Just take a look at the following newspaper excerpts:

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(NCAR newsweek_coolingworld.pdf)

 

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(National Academy Of Sciences Science News)

 

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(The Milwaukee Sentinel)

 

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(TimesMachine: July 18, 1970 – NYTimes.com)

 

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(Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate)

 

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(The Windsor Star – Google News Archive Search)

 

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