Is our weather changing?

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Description

Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on February 6, 1955 from the studios of WAAM in Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Kennard Calfee, Herbert B. Cahan, directors; Ted Jaffee, narrator; produced by WAAM television station in Baltimore, Md. for the Dumont Network. Lynn Poole, George H.T. Kimble, presenters. Digitized in 2004.

Abstract

Dr. Kimble, geographer and author of Our American Weather, displays a map of the United States, from U.S. News and World Report, that indicates winter temperatures during the past 30-40 years have become milder by 5-8 degrees on the eastern seaboard but gradually decrease going westward, revealing 3-5 degrees colder temperatures in the Pacific northwest. As examples that the weather may be getting warmer, Dr. Kimble shows diagrams of a Canadian glacier's retreat in 1869, 1900, 1933, and 1946. He also cites New York Historical Society photos of the frozen Hudson River, the shifting of traditional boundaries of the corn and wheat belts, the southern birds and animals frequenting northern states in the winter, and the opening of Spitzbergen's arctic port an additional three months of the year. Dr. Kimble says he doesn't know the answer for the change in the weather and suggests sunspot cycles, volcanic dust, ozone content change, but mostly man-generated pollution from factories and motor vehicles.
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Dates

Date Published

1955-02-06
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Identifiers

OCLC Number

54684831

Collection Number

COLL-0008

Item Barcode

mq2411035mmmmm
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image

Extent

00:29:10hh:mm:ss
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): Du Mont Television Network
Director (drt): Cahan, Herbert B.
Director (drt): Calfee, Kennard
Narrator (nrt): Jaffee, Ted
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Copyright and Use
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video

Unique ID

a2b29222-cf94-4f36-8bd0-b0482e998077