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I am 60. I was a little nerd when I was around 11-12 yo and I read all pop science magazines. Being afraid of an upcoming ice age definitely was a thing, many

• aw1621107 6y ago
  > Being afraid of an upcoming ice age definitely was a thing, many articles were written on it, quoting scientists, even in national newspapers. I mean, I'm not denying that an imminent ice age was on the public consciousness at some point; as you point out, articles saying as much can be found relatively easily. I'm just saying that that isn't necessarily representative of climate research at the time.
  • raarts 6y ago
    > not necessarily representative of climate research at the time If that's true it's hard to understand why the majority of the press was publishing information opposite to the state of the climate research at the time. Unlikely to me.
    • aw1621107 6y ago
      > If that's true it's hard to understand why the majority of the press was publishing information opposite to the state of the climate research at the time. Those stories do have a kernel of truth, as there does appear to have been a cooling trend at the time; it sort of comes down to the difference between "What if this trend continues?" and "This trend is likely to continue and here are the consequences". At least in the sampling of news stories in the paper I linked earlier, the quoted scientists seem to lean more towards "we need more data" and/or a more long-term warming trend, if they offered a long-term prediction at all.