Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
Yep, in the 50s and 60s climatologists told us that the Earth was heading into another ice age. This was based on pollution increasing Earth's albedo and reflecting sunlight back into space, as well as the fact that it's been 10,800 years since the last one and the average interval is every 12,000 years.
Here
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=94 is a short scientific article explaining why the above quote is not quite accurate. They say that it is much more accurate to say that the
popular press was guilty of saying some unfortunate things about an impending ice age. Great thing about realclimate.org is that they present the issue, cite supporting scientific work, discuss non-supporting scientifc work and then come to their conclusion. They then take the further step to answer questions from both people who support their conclusions and those who oppose them. Makes for some very good reading.