Greta's prophecy: Today is the day of the end of the world

Five years ago today, Greta Thunberg announced on social media that the end of the world would come on this day. According to the young Swedish activist, citing reports from prestigious scientists, the use of fossil fuels would lead to the extinction of humanity.

Greta deleted the tweet

The tweet was deleted by the young woman in March when it began to go viral again, reminding her that it did not seem that her prediction would be fulfilled in the expected time. Numerous users have shared screenshots to mock the climate sensationalism on the part of Greta and her scientists. The article echoed by the activist had been previously removed, although it can still be found on other pages.

The famous tweet transcribed a speech given in 2018 at the University of Chicago by Harvard University Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry James Anderson. The renowned expert warned that climate change is drastically pushing the Earth back to the Eocene, 33 million years B.C., when there was no ice at any of the poles. According to the scientist's authoritative voice, the only way for the planet to survive was to eliminate all pollution caused by fossil fuels from the atmosphere. This would only be possible through "a World War II-style transformation of the industry."

End of Arctic ice in 2022, another miss from a Greta scientist

Anderson, who other scientists label a "climate alarmist," is an expert in failed catastrophic predictions. In the same speech, the Harvard scholar noted that there was "zero" chance that there would still be ice in the Arctic in 2022. "The chance that there will be any permanent ice left in the Arctic after 2022 is essentially zero," said Anderson, who assured that between 75% and 80% of the permanent ice has melted in the last 35 years, something that reality and the latest studies have refuted.