Before the latest warning of runaway warming and the last warning of runaway cooling, another warning of runaway warming

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Warned Nixon To Act On Global Warming, New Documents Show

There is widespread agreement that carbon dioxide content will rise 25 percent by 2000, Moynihan wrote in a September 1969 memo.

"This could increase the average temperature near the earth's surface by 7 degrees Fahrenheit," he wrote. "This in turn could raise the level of the sea by 10 feet. Goodbye New York. Goodbye Washington, for that matter."