Doom Almanac December 12 in doom history

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December 12: a fine day for making predictions

Nothing was due today, but on this date in 2007, somebody went on the record.

On this day in doom history

1 item · 1 prediction
  1. 200719th anniversary
    Said on this day

    BBC: 'Arctic Summers Ice-Free by 2013.' Modeller Calls His Own Date 'Too Conservative.'

    A US Navy modeller told the BBC in 2007 that summer sea ice could be gone by 2013, maybe sooner. Summer 2013 ended with more ice than the year before.

    Arctic Summers Ice-Free by 2013 · Prof. Wieslaw Maslowski, US Naval Postgraduate School (speaking to BBC News)

    Deadline set: summer 2013 · status: Busted

    Every countdown starts somewhere; these started today.

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