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French physicist Joseph Fourier was the first to discover the greenhouse effect
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In 1940 it was found that the increase in carbon dioxide causes a greater absorption of infrared radiation
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Charles keeling used advanced technology to produce atmospheric CO2 concentration curves in the antarctica and mauna loa
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the climate is recognized to be warmer than before 1880
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Europe experiences one of the hottest summers on record causing the life-ending drought
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a total of 175 countries have ratified the kyoto treaty. under the new minister kevin rudd. Australia ratify the treaty