Climate change first 'went viral' exactly 70 years ago
Throughout the 50s and 60s US, Swedish, German and Soviet scientists were examining the issue
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Throughout the 50s and 60s US, Swedish, German and Soviet scientists were examining the issue
by marc hudson : in early may, 1953, at a meeting of the american geophysical union, canadian physicist gilbert plass – told the gathered scientists that trouble was afoot. he said that the average temperature is rising at the rate
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In May 1953, scientist Gilbert Plass made some extraordinarily prescient comments.
Most of us think that climate change is a recent phenomenon.