Sentences with «start of the industrial revolution»
Given that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen in a relatively short time from 280 parts per million at the start of the Industrial Revolution to 400 parts per million today, he is particularly curious about what the earth looked like the last time CO2 stood at 400 parts per million, which he estimates at 3 to 5 million years ago (back then the carbon was from geological cycles), and what happened when temperature changes occurred suddenly. (inc.com)
Oil consumption and utilization has tinkered / occurred and increased since the start of the industrial revolution. (jeffrubinssmallerworld.com)
That translates into as much as a third of the world's total greenhouse gas output since 1850, a date often cited as the start of the Industrial Revolution in the West. (scientificamerican.com)