<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span><font size="2">Yes, there was sensational media hype about "the coming ice age". It was based on studies which showed increasing atmospheric aerosols, projected to quadruple over the coming decades. The clean Air Act of 1970 proved to be more efficient than expected, and aerosols declined by the late 70s . (It was all the fault of that socialist hippie Richard Nixon) However, studies have shown that the consensus even back then was for warming. Here's a study from the Journal of the American Meteorological Association:</font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span><font size="2">http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/2008BAMS2370.1<br></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;
font-style: normal;"><span><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span><font size="2">Here's a more popular summary:</font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span><font size="2">http://www.skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s-intermediate.htm<br></font></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA<br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Vision 2020 <Vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February 10, 2013 5:22 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] In Search Of - The Coming Ice Age<br> </font> </div> <br>
I happened to run across this today. Not only does it confirm my memories that a coming ice age was being discussed in the late 70's / early 80's, but it also talks about the particularly tough winter of 1977 in the North Eastern part of the country. I thought the comparison to the snowfall from the last few days in the same area might be interesting.<br><br>Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_861us8D9M<br><br>Paul<br><br>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> http://www.fsr.net<br> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>