SharpLorrenAug 14, 2023
Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀

111 years ago today

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rodney%C2%B7and%C2%B7Otamatea%C2%B7Times%E2%80%A21912%E2%80%A2Coal%C2%B7consumption%C2%B7affecting%C2%B7climate.jpg

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Aug 14, 2023 at 6:01pmWeb
Show threadJoão SantosAug 14, 2023
@bascule I like the optimism of "a few centuries".
Show threadDaily Twerk ✅Aug 14, 2023
@bascule

Came across this a few years ago.

Frustrated that there's no author and no explanation of figures used and how it was calculated.
Show threadTimoAug 15, 2023
@Daily_Twerk @bascule https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1912-article-global-warming/
Did a 1912 Newspaper Article Predict Global Warming?

A newspaper clipping from 1912 that anticipates the global warming potential of burning coal is authentic and consistent with the history of climate science.

Snopes
Show threadCheriSwearsAug 15, 2023
@timokytta thx!
Show thread🇵🇸 AmandaAug 14, 2023
@bascule @williampietri 🤯
Show threadAlexanderMarsAug 14, 2023
@bascule just to preempt anyone thinking this is fabricated, it shows up time to time and gets fact checked as authentic on the regular. The text was also published in popular science in 1912.
Show threaddpc2Aug 14, 2023
@bascule Happy eleventy first birthday! 🥳🎂
Show threadTransitBikerAug 14, 2023
@bascule they knew 100 years ago.
Show threadCallistoAug 14, 2023
@TransitBiker @bascule A few hours ago today: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/14/montana-climate-trial-young-activists-judge-order
‘Gamechanger’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial

Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environment

The Guardian
Show threadEquiphileAug 14, 2023
@bascule @stux I remember reading a biography of Alexander Humboldt and he was certainly aware of climate change as well.
Show threadOld Hippie ⓋAug 14, 2023
@bascule I remember being told of this in the 1950s in school.
Show threadchris h - authorAug 14, 2023
@bascule “The Truth is Out There”
(Even if off by a century or two)
Show threadBryy MillerAug 15, 2023
@bascule yup. the greatest piece of propaganda is that EVERYTHING and ANYTHING is new.
Show threadPeter BurkholderAug 15, 2023
@bascule More on this - fascinating! https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1912-article-global-warming/
Did a 1912 Newspaper Article Predict Global Warming?

A newspaper clipping from 1912 that anticipates the global warming potential of burning coal is authentic and consistent with the history of climate science.

Snopes
Show threadTom AndraszekAug 15, 2023
@bascule - About 2 Gt of coal burned per year in 1912, about 8 Gt in 2022.
Show threadAdrienne LaCavaAug 15, 2023
@bascule throws me back to this Re the industrial age. Note the 6th item… 🫨 #climate #women
https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-negative-effects
7 Negative Effects of the Industrial Revolution

While the Industrial Revolution generated new opportunities and economic growth, it also introduced pollution and acute hardships for workers.

HISTORY
Show threadWarmasterPalakAug 15, 2023

@bascule

Gotta love how they assumed output would remain steady and not increase exponentially.

Show threadbun Aug 15, 2023
@bascule a century later and its basically one of the biggest talks
Show threadTicoliAug 16, 2023
@bascule Emmanuel Macron, january 2023:
"Who could have predicted the climate crisis?"
Show threadMiguelAug 16, 2023
@bascule 😭
Show threadJake in the desertAug 17, 2023
@bascule more like A century huh
Show threadMaxi 12x 💉Aug 17, 2023
@SheDrivesMobility ^^ !!