"James Hansen Wishes He Wasn't So Right About Global Warming"

"NEW YORK -- James Hansen wishes he was wrong. He wasn't.

NASA's top climate scientist in 1988, Hansen warned the world on a record hot June day 30 years ago that global warming was here and worsening. In a scientific study that came out a couple months later, he even forecast how warm it would get, depending on emissions of heat-trapping gases.

The hotter world that Hansen envisioned in 1988 has pretty much come true so far, more or less. Three decades later, most climate scientists interviewed rave about the accuracy of Hansen's predictions given the technology of the time."

Seth Borenstein reports for the Associated Press June 18, 2018.

SEE ALSO:

"Listening to James Hansen on Climate Change, Thirty Years Ago and Now" (New Yorker)

"Of Science, Activism, and Journalism" (UnDark)

"Ex-Nasa Scientist: 30 Years On, World Is Failing 'Miserably’ To Address Climate Change" (Guardian)

"30 Years Ago Global Warming Became Front-Page News – and Both Republicans and Democrats Took It Seriously" (DeSmog)

"Judgment on Hansen's '88 Climate Testimony: 'He Was Right' " (Yale Climate Connections)

"30 Years After Warning, Global Warming "Is In Our Living Room"" (CBS News/AP)

Source: AP, 06/21/2018