On this day, 11 September, 61 years ago, the New York Times carried a story – on page 29 – from their science correspondent Walter Sullivan.
The title was “Air Found Gaining in Carbon Dioxide”
Sullivan had already written a book – “Assault on the Unknown” about the International Geophysical Year, so this finding was hardly a shock.
On this day the PPM was 314.99. Now it is 421ish- but see here for the latest.
Why this matters.
Again, early days, but the issue was being watched…
What happened next?
Scientists kept sciencing. Sullivan kept writing about this stuff. Other NYT journos picked up the story too, over the following decades.