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December 22, 1975 – “Scientist Warns of Great Floods if Earth’s Heat Rises” (surely “when”?)

On this day, December 22 in 1975, the New York Times ran a story “Scientist Warns of Great Floods if Earth’s Heat Rises.” But carbon dioxide was not in the frame. Dr Howard Wilcox, who had a book called “Hothouse Earth” argued that – in the words of the NYT- “man’s output of heat into […]

Years and years

Right now this is just a listing. When I have time/skills I will do something a little more imaginative, visually attractive/user-friendly… 1759 December 22, 1759 – “What have ye done?” 1768 March 21, 1768 – Joseph Fourier born 1824 Will have to write something about Fourier, citing Fleming, J. (1999) Joseph Fourier, the ‘greenhouse effect’ […]

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October 26, 1975 – “The Endangered Atmosphere” conference begins…

On this day, October 26, 1975 the “Endangered Atmosphere” conference begins in… It was co-organised by Stephen Schneider and Margaret Mead.  To quote from the preface of “The Atmosphere: Endangered and Endangering” book that followed –  “When Dr. Margaret Mead was a Visiting Scholar at the Fogarty  International Center, one of her interests focused on […]