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Scientitst Joseph Fourier begin looking at the effects of Co2 in th atmosphere, and decerned that it and other greenhouse gases have the capability to change the Earth's climate drastically.
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Scientist Svante Arrhenius determines that the greenhouses gases that were contributing to global warming were caused by humans burning fossil fuels
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Charles David Keeling begins to chart yearly growth in global tempertature.
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The hottest year to be recorded yet.
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The United States sets up a federal authority on global warming-- the Intergovernmental Panel on Global Climate Change (IPCC)
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Many countries (discluding the U.S.) vow to reduce their green house gas emissions by 5.2% from their 1990 levels by 2012.
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China becomes the second largest carbon emitter, rapidly outpacing the United States.
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The year 2005 beats out 1981 as the worlds hottest year.
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Former vice president Al Gore releases his documentary "An Incovinient Truth" and presents the issue to the public.
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The ICCP makes a report claiming that if left untamed, global warming could cause mass glacier melting, more powerful storms, and even severe droughts in some places.
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2010 becomes the new hottest year on record by .12 degrees celsius. This year was also home to many severe storms.
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The Amazon rainforest is set to be completely destroyed by deforestation and global warming by this time.
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sea levels around the world are expected to rise by at least fifty cm, which would engulf many islands and shrink coastlines.