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Fact Check: Did a 1912 Newspaper Article Predict Coal-Fueled Climate Change?
>The report highlighted the amount of coal burned at the time and the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere as a result each year.
>"This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the earth and to raise its temperature," the article states.
>"The effect may be considerable in a few centuries."
https://www.newsweek.com/1912-newspaper-predict-coal-fueled-climate-change-1619060 #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming
>The report highlighted the amount of coal burned at the time and the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere as a result each year.
>"This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the earth and to raise its temperature," the article states.
>"The effect may be considerable in a few centuries."
https://www.newsweek.com/1912-newspaper-predict-coal-fueled-climate-change-1619060 #climatechange #climatecrisis #globalwarming