EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Question
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New factories were being built that caused more pollution
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The civil war caused more pollution
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Scientists figured out how to clean up pollution in the air
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It did not increase
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Detailed explanation-1: -While the presence of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere is natural, the rising levels since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s are due to human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the 1800s, human activities were already dramatically increasing the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Burning more and more fossil fuels – coal and eventually oil and gas – added an ever-increasing amount of carbon dioxide into the air.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now reaching levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution. Research shows that for several days in February and March 2021, atmospheric CO2 levels exceeded 417 parts per million (ppm). Pre-industrial levels were about 278ppm.
Detailed explanation-4: -Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, in about 1750, human activities such as burning fossil fuels, including coal and oil, have increased greenhouse gas concentrations in our atmosphere.