[MCN] The state of climate science in 1896

[Lance Olsen]

The Discovery of Global Warming [Excerpt] <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/discovery-of-global-warming/>
Scientific American <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/discovery-of-global-warming/>
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Aug 17, 2012 — In 1896 the Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius published a new idea. As humanity burned fossil fuels such as coal, which added carbon dioxide ...

 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science>
History of climate change science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science>
Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science>
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_climate_ch... <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science>

The effect was more fully quantified by Svante Arrhenius in 1896, who made the first quantitative prediction of global warming due to a hypothetical doubling of ...
‎Prior to the 20th century <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science%22%20%5Cl%20%22Prior_to_the_20th_century> · ‎Paleo-climate change and... <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science%22%20%5Cl%20%22Paleo-climate_change_and_theories_of_its_causes,_19th_century> · ‎First calculations of... <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science%22%20%5Cl%20%22First_calculations_of_greenhouse_effect,_1896>






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“Also in the crosshairs are many other environmental statutes passed in the 1970s, such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.”

“They are the foundation of environmental policy and were the response to dangerous environmental degradation. With hostility toward these regulations at the federal level, vigilant focus on these Laws is required at the state and local level as well as by the broader public.”

Rood, R. B. (2016), Take the long view on environmental issues in the age of Trump

Eos,Published on 01 December 2016. 
<<https://eos.org/opinions/take-the-long-view-on-environmental-issues-in-the-age-of-trump>>







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“Also in the crosshairs are many other environmental statutes passed in the 1970s, such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Safe Drinking Water Act.”

“Preservation of these statutes must not get lost in the potential clamor over the Clean Power Plan. They are the foundation of environmental policy and were the response to dangerous environmental degradation. With hostility toward these regulations at the federal level, vigilant focus on these Laws is required at the state and local level as well as by the broader public.”

Rood, R. B. (2016), Take the long view on environmental issues in the age of Trump

Eos,Published on 01 December 2016. 
<<https://eos.org/opinions/take-the-long-view-on-environmental-issues-in-the-age-of-trump>>

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