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Reddit1273 Wood- and coal-burning fires shroud English towns in smoke. Local regulations attempt to control the problem but fail. Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are about 280 parts per million (ppm).
Circa 1750 Industrial Revolution begins in Manchester, England. Coal powers the mills.
1827 French mathematician Jean-Baptiste Fourier suggests that the earth's atmosphere traps heat produced by the sun.
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