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Climate effect predicted 112 years ago
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Reminder that this was published 112 years ago today.
Climate action might be the most consequential case of collective procrastination.

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The article in question is indeed authentic as per the author’s post sources :
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It recently gained renewed attention on Facebook, where it was rediscovered by Historic Photographs in 2021 :
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The article originates from the March 1912 issue of Popular Mechanics in New Zealand, titled "Remarkable Weather of 1911: The Effect of the Combustion of Coal on the Climate – What Scientists Predict for the Future."
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The piece highlighted early concerns about the greenhouse effect—a concept first introduced in 1896 by Svante Arrhenius.
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He predicted that a doubling of CO2 from fossil fuels could lead to significant temperature increases.
Other historical documents re-discovered in 2016 expressing similar concerns date back even further, to the 1880s.
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