CBS News in 1982: 25% of Florida Would Be Flooded Along with Low-Lying Areas All Over the World Due to Climate Change

RATHER Concern about rising ░░░░░░░░ on Planet Earth heated ░░░░░░░░ a hearing here in ░░░░░░░░ today For years scientists ░░░░░░░░ theorized about the dangers ░░░░░░░░ the so called greenhouse ░░░░░░░░ the warming of the ░░░░░░░░ s atmosphere due to ░░░░░░░░ burning of coal and ░░░░░░░░ And in recent months ░░░░░░░░ David Culhane reports research ░░░░░░░░ uncovered facts to support ░░░░░░░░ theory Clip starts CULHANE ░░░░░░░░ over Many scientists claim ░░░░░░░░ the temperature of the ░░░░░░░░ s atmosphere has been ░░░░░░░░ over the past 100 ░░░░░░░░ that the great sheets ░░░░░░░░ pack ice in Antarctica ░░░░░░░░ melting at a much ░░░░░░░░ rapid rate than previously ░░░░░░░░ finally that the sea ░░░░░░░░ has been rising with ░░░░░░░░ swiftness over the past ░░░░░░░░ years If these scientists ░░░░░░░░ correct about 25 percent ░░░░░░░░ Florida would be flooded ░░░░░░░░ with low lying areas ░░░░░░░░ over the world Climate ░░░░░░░░ could produce widespread disruption ░░░░░░░░ agriculture The American farm ░░░░░░░░ might be too dry ░░░░░░░░ the wheat and corn ░░░░░░░░ would have to move ░░░░░░░░ Canada Scientists blame the ░░░░░░░░ colorless carbon dioxide gas ░░░░░░░░ these potentially dangerous changes ░░░░░░░░ the planet It is ░░░░░░░░ greenhouse effect The gas ░░░░░░░░ sunlight to filter down ░░░░░░░░ warm the earth But ░░░░░░░░ the glass of a ░░░░░░░░ the carbon dioxide tends ░░░░░░░░ trap heat so that ░░░░░░░░ cannot rise into space ░░░░░░░░ scientists maintain that the ░░░░░░░░ oil and gas we ░░░░░░░░ been burning for a ░░░░░░░░ years have produced more ░░░░░░░░ more carbon dioxide and ░░░░░░░░ overheat the earth Now ░░░░░░░░ political leaders endorse the ░░░░░░░░ for more CO2 monitoring ░░░░░░░░ like this one in ░░░░░░░░ and they share the ░░░░░░░░ of the scientists at ░░░░░░░░ Administration budget cuts at ░░░░░░░░ time when they feel ░░░░░░░░ to getting definitive answers ░░░░░░░░ We are not doing ░░░░░░░░ kind of research that ░░░░░░░░ should be doing to ░░░░░░░░ whether or not these ░░░░░░░░ who are so alarmed ░░░░░░░░ correct in their assessment ░░░░░░░░ And what they find ░░░░░░░░ will affect the lives ░░░░░░░░ fortunes of millions of ░░░░░░░░ the very survival of ░░░░░░░░ like this one David ░░░░░░░░ CBS News New York ░░░░░░░░ ends]