May 25, 1953 – “I read about them in Time Magazine” (Gilbert Plass’s greenhouse warning

On this day, May 1953, Time Magazine reported on Gilbert Plass’ presentation at the American Geophysical Union

.Careful readers of this site will know that a Western Australian newspaper had already covered this –

May 5, 1953 – Western Australian newspaper carries “climate and carbon dioxide” article

Why this matters

The idea of a greenhouse world was well understood by the mid-1950s (albeit a smaller concern than – say – thermonuclear war)

See May 28^th for another (early) timely Time piece.

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