The Coming Ice Age

Episode aired May 5, 1978
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An inquiry into whether the dramatic weather changes in America's northern states mean that a new ice age is approaching.An inquiry into whether the dramatic weather changes in America's northern states mean that a new ice age is approaching.An inquiry into whether the dramatic weather changes in America's northern states mean that a new ice age is approaching.

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- Philip Dauber
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7.4/10

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- Philip Dauber
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Leonard Nimoy

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Pat Bushnell

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James Hayes

Self - Professor of Earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
(as Dr. James Hayes)

Chester C. Langway Jr.

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(as Dr. Chester Langway)

Gifford H. Miller

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(as Dr. Gifford Miller)

Stephen Schneider

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(as Dr. Stephen Schneider)

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Featured in Cool It (2010)

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Season 2 Episode 23

In Search Of... "The Coming Ice Age" (1978)

Watching this episode you can't help but somewhat roll your eyes considering today we're not threatened with an Ice Age but instead it's Global Warming. The Blizzards of 1978 certainly had an impact on people so I'm sure that's why the series decided to take a look at this. Yes, scaring people was a way to get ratings back then too. For the most part this is a very good episode but like I said, watching this in 2016 you can't help but laugh because the episode does warn of cold weather taking over the planet and of course that's not what we're being told today. The interviews are quite good and there's some great footage from the blizzards of that year, which makes this worth watching.

Episode: B+

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