Reflections on more than a century of climate change research
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The history of climate change research was traced. The effects of water and carbon dioxide in controlling the global climate are the subjects of numerous research activities. The importance of these two factors were recognized as early as the 1800s, when scientists such as John Tyndall and Svante Arrhenius pointed out the importance of water vapor and carbonic acid in climatic processes. Early research focused mainly on explaining the climate at that time and the great climatic changes in the geological past. Modern research, in contrast, has focused almost exclusively on predicting future climatic changes arising from human activity.
Publication Name: Climatic Change
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0165-0009
Year: 1992
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Chronology
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A chronology of research on climatic change from 1824 to 1991 was given. It begins with the first description of the greenhouse effect by Joseph Fourier, who compared the effect of the earth's atmosphere to a glass covering a bowl. It ends with the findings that seven of the eight warmest years in the 1900s occurred in the 1980s, with 1990 being the warmest year on record.
Publication Name: Climatic Change
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0165-0009
Year: 1992
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History
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An annotated bibliography of works on the history of research on the greenhouse effect was presented. The bibliography was subdivided into the sections 'Historical Accounts' section and 'Seminal Works.'
Publication Name: Climatic Change
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0165-0009
Year: 1992
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