EXTRA !..EXTRA !
'All We Have To Fear Is Air Itself '
SAYS ROOSEVELT, "NEW DEAL" ON GLOBAL WARMING !
League of Nations Scientists Warn Of Catastrophe
If Hoover Re-elected
'All We Have To Fear Is Air Itself '
SAYS ROOSEVELT, "NEW DEAL" ON GLOBAL WARMING !
League of Nations Scientists Warn Of Catastrophe
If Hoover Re-elected
Forget the 1938 Hurricane, the Dust Bowl or the threat of climate change by the ozone devouring Niton Ray of art deco Eco-terrorist Ming the Merciless of Mongo. Years before them , The New York Times rendered The Great Depression more depressing still with the cheerful forecast of the shape of things to come that follows--
This is not a parody. The Climate Wars will indeed turn 100 in 25 years :
'The Earth is Steadily Growing Warmer. As all the ice at the two poles melts a stupendous volume of water will be released.
'The Earth is steadily Growing Warmer. As all the ice at the two poles melts a stupendous volume of water will be released.
Fish will swim in Buckingham Palace...New York will be marked by the...taller skyscrapers as they jut out of the water...the climate..as when dinosaurs roamed the earth and dense jungles...grew in...Canada.
Palms and alligators would flourish at the poles ...man's food supply will not ...it is a question if he will survive '
-- The New York Times..May 15, 1932
Here's the whole thing, direct from The Times archive :
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