On this day in history, August 8, 1975, 'global warming' enters scientific, political debate
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The term "global warming" was first used in public discourse by Columbia geologist Wallace S. Broecker in an article he wrote for the journal Science on August 8, 1975.
"We cannot make good predictions about future climate change." —Wallace Broecker "The option is to let them industrialize but take care of the problem by capturing and storing the CO2." Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
"Are we on the brink of a pronounced global warming?" wrote the late Columbia University geologist Wallace S. Broecker in an article published in the journal Science.
It's widely considered the first use of a phrase that is today at the center of American culture wars.
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