Expert Says Arctic Ocean Will Soon Be an Open Sea Catastrophic Shifts in Climate Feared if Change Occurs – New York Times – Feb 20, 1969 – Page 20

EDITORS NOTE: This article has a few noteworthy items, first is the complete melting of the arctic ice, most articles predict glaciers melting or some arctic ice melting this article predict the complete melting of arctic ice A number of specialists believe that an ice-free Arctic Ocean would not freeze again. The next noteworthy item is the prediction of food shortages it has been predicted that storm paths would change and the food-producing areas of the United States and Eurasia might become deserts. This is one of the first Main Steam News Climate Change Articles to mention food shortages. The food shortages predictions continued through the mid 70’s then again in the late 80’s. The most noteworthy food shortage prediction came in a New York Times article from December of 1974 "Forecast For Forecasting Cloudy In the Long Term"