The Pioneering Studies on Global Warming in the 1800s
Global warming has been a topic of concern for centuries, with early studies on the subject dating back to the 1800s. Despite limited scientific knowledge and technological capabilities at the time, pioneering scientists and thinkers were already recognizing the potential impacts of human activities on the Earth’s climate.
One of the earliest known studies on global warming was conducted by French mathematician Joseph Fourier in 1824. Fourier discovered that the Earth’s atmosphere trapped heat from the sun, which he referred to as the “greenhouse effect.” He was among the first to suggest that human activities, such as deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels, could contribute to the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide and, as a result, lead to a warming of the planet.
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