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energyTHEN: Global Warming, 50s-Style

Length 1:11
Created 03.29.11
Air Date 10.10.10

Think global warming is new? Think again!

This clip from the 1950s Bell Labs film, the "Unchained Goddess," shows that scientists back then believed that large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions could warm the atmosphere. They warned of melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels that could submerge major cities.

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