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How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago

11 December 2019

New Scientist was well ahead of the curve in 1979 when we warned that the 'so-called carbon dioxide greenhouse effect' threatened long-term climate change
Dr. Jim Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York

From the archives: 1989, the warmest year on record

13 February 2019

Thirty years ago, James Hansen became the first climate scientist to publicly blame humans for global warming

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