Show threadFrank GresslinAug 14, 2023
[1977] #WhiteHouseMemo
“A rapid #ClimateChange may result in large scale #CropFailures at a time when an increased world population taxes agriculture to the limits of productivity.” [9/16]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/14/1977-us-presidential-memo-predicted-climate-change
The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world

Years before the climate crisis was part of national discourse, this memo to the president predicted catastrophe

The Guardian