Today is a very cold day where I live. It is enough to make me think that global warming is simply a term scientists came up with when their air conditioners weren't working. With all the fear of melting polar ice caps because of the depleting atmosphere, one might think we are destined to live in a tropical paradise soon.
Hold on people! It wasn't too long ago that scientists were predicting just the opposite. In the mid-1970's after several record cold winters, climatologists felt certain we were heading for another ice age. The signs were imminent. From the persistent ice pack around Iceland, to the downward trend in temperatures. The scientists were so certain that we would soon be frozen that they were wondering what the government was going to do to help the situation. Funny how quickly we forget!
See the 1970's articles from Time and Newsweek:
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