Callendar Connects Industry with Carbon Dioxide Increases
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Economics, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Business, Industry, Manufacturing, Factories, Ecology, Environment, Conservation, Pollution, Toxic Waste
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: England
- Date: February 16, 1938
Article abstract: George Callendar linked industry with increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, the major component of polluting gases responsible for the greenhouse effect.
Summary of Event
On February 16, 1938, George S. Callendar reported to the Royal Meteorological Society of Great Britain that increased amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere could be attributed to the combustion of fossil fuels by industry. He was a steam technologist and coal engineer for the British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association by trade. According...
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