ALARMISM or ACCURATE FORECASTS ?

Question

Some people here point out previous predictions such as:

- an ice age has been predicted (by a minority of scientists nevertheless, back by extravagant journalists)
- the ozon layer will largely be depleted (did not occur due to the success story of the Montreal Protocol).

NEVERTHELESS, the following predictions have been proven right:

- China will emitt more than the US and become an economical superpower (a majority of people doubted it 20 years ago... only some specialists were sure of it).
- Over half of the Amazon rainforest will disappear
- Oil would reach a price over 50$ per barrel on the long term
- Resources will start to be constrained (Uranium prices have been X10; Copper X4; Iron and Steel X2; Tungsten X? and so on...)
- Fresh water resources woul become scarce
- The Northern passage opened, the ice cover largely reduced, average temperatures increased, several African lakes already disappeard

Any other predictions in which we were right or wrong ?

Answer 1

here's another prediction......world pop will decline by at least 3/4 within the next 50 years...maybe sooner....because of declining oil supplies and cheap energy in general, and because of global warming, climate change, and shifting weather patterns.....means we can't sustain this many people for much longer.

Answer 2

Probably the most relevant prediction - Hansen predicted the warming trend from 1988-2006 very accurately, back when climate models were much less advanced than they are now.

Answer 3

The book "The Population Bomb" predicted there would be world wide famine by 1980 because the growing population would outstrip the food supply. Wrong.