Human-induced climate change began around 1830
people worry there for over 180 years that the earth is warming up slowly, says a new study.
The first signs of global warming caused by humans were already noticeable at the beginning of the industrial revolution.
Many oceans began to warm up around 1830 by the emission of greenhouse gases.
, reports an international team of researchers in the scientific journal Nature.
glaciers
study, the scientists examined the climate history of different areas on earth by glaciers, growth rings of trees and ancient coral. She finally managed to reconstruct the climate of the past five hundred years using the collected data and a computer.
The research shows that human activity for the first time can be associated with climate change around the year 1830. "The results are clear," said lead researcher Nerilie Abram news Phys.org. "The warming of the climate which are the day are witnessing today, some 180 years ago we saw."
Surprisingly,
particularly ocean areas in the tropics and near the North and South Poles already started to warm up in the nineteenth century.
Abram surprised her findings, since the global industrialization had no major form yet adopted around 1830. "The increase in greenhouse gases in this period was small in comparison to the rapid changes of today," said Abram in the British newspaper The Guardian. "It is surprising to see that the climate already reacted so strongly."
Hope
The discovery provides in its hope. Possible will weaken the global warming too quickly when the greenhouse effect is limited.
"If we can do something to slow down or even reduce greenhouse gas emissions, some parts will of the climate system may also respond quickly and reimburse us for that," said Abram.
đang được dịch, vui lòng đợi..
