EVS 205 Lecture Notes - Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Industrial Revolution, Joseph Fourier
12 Mar 2014
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The day after tomorrow http://www. whoi. edu/page. do?pid=83339&tid=3622&cid=9948: ocean conveyor belt (p. 60 environment) Ipcc projections for the 21st century (p. 21 dire predictions: summer 2013: level of co2 in atmosphere is higher than it"s ever been, global warming impact scale (p. 108 dire) Climate history: the discovery of global warming time line by spender weart, (1800-1870) Level of carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere, as later measured in ancient ice, is about 290 ppm (parts per million) First industrial revolution: coal, railroads, and land clearing speed up greenhouse gas emission, while better agriculture and sanitation speed up population growth. 1824: joseph fourier: calculates that the earth would be far colder if it lacked an atmosphere. 1859: john tyndall: discovers that some gases block infrared radiation. He suggests that changes in the concentration of the gases could bring climate change: 1896: svante arrehnius. Publishes first calculation of global warming from human emissions of co2.
