The_Miami_Herald_Sun__Nov_28__1965_

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Air Pollution: Will It Destroy Our Children? Washington - Man may be changing earth's climate. If he doesn't stop: OUR CHILDREN could choke in a world of stifling heat and violent storms. POLAR ICE could melt and the oceans rise to swallow up our coastal cities. The cause? Ourselves, today, by our own acts of air pollution. This is not idle speculation of science fiction. Warnings have been sounded by responsible scientists in and out of government. It is a simple prediction from two undisputed facts. We are adding fantastic amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere; carbon dioxide is a heat trap. The process could turn the earth into a giant greenhouse. "And we're not doing anything about preventing it," says Vernon G. Mackenzie, chief of the air pollution division of the Public Health Service. Carbon Dioxide On the Increase By burning coal, oil, and natural gas, we are releasing, over a relatively short period of time, carbon trapped by half a billion years of fossil building. May Wait Till Its Too Late. In other words, the air is getting warmer. As far as societies today can tell, this process could raise the average temperature by several degrees before the century ends. The implications of such a basic climate change are enormous. Hot air is more turbulent than cold, so storms would be bigger and more violent. The polar ice cap could melt and raise the level of the oceans, flooding coastal areas.

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