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In 1896, Svante Arrhenius gave us the formula and showed how build-up of carbon dioxide leads to global warming. #Poetry #Science #History #AtmosphericSciences #Climate #Arrhenius (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1896f.html)
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Svante Arrhenius, Swedish Nobel Laureate and physical chemistry pioneer known for work on the theory of electrolytic dissociation, activation energy, and a pioneering theory of global warming 🏅🔬🌍 was born #onthisday in 1859
https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.202300014
#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #historicchemist #arrhenius #physicalchem
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@empiricism Interesting essay.
Small point: although #ExxonKnew and promoted 'unreasonable psychology', of course they weren't the first to understand the greenhouse effect: see eg #JohnTyndall and #EuniceFoote in the 1850s and Svante #Arrhenius's public talks in the 1890s.
Agree we can collectively #StopBurningStuff. It requires not just technical solutions, eg #electrification and #heatpumps, but making sure human institutions do not undermine true sustainability.