Quote:Science Pollution 1971

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❝ [Pollution] will increase 6 to 8-fold in the next 50 years... sufficient to trigger an ice age. ❞
~ Science Magazine ℹ️
July 1971 


Fulll Quote: It is projected that man’s potential to pollute will increase 6 to 8-fold in the next 50 years. If this increased rate of injection… should raise the present background opacity by a factor of 4, our calculations suggest a decrease in global temperature by as much as 3.5°C. Such a large decrease in the average temperature of Earth, sustained over a period of few years, is believed to be sufficient to trigger an ice age. However, by that time, nuclear power may have largely replaced fossil fuels as a means of energy production. ~ Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate ~ Steven Schinder

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