Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927) was among the first to predict that a rising concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, a consequence of industrial coal burning, would increase the surface temperature on Earth. His study On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground, published in 1896, anticipated the phenomenon that would later be called the greenhouse effect.
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- Arrhenius, Svante. "On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground." Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science 41, Series 5 (April 1896): 237–276. View PDF
- Arrhenius, Gustaf, Karin Caldwell, and Svante Wold. A Tribute to the Memory of Svante Arrhenius (1859–1927): A Scientist Ahead of his Time. Stockholm: Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), 2008. View PDF
- Conrad, Jobst. Von Arrhenius zum IPCC: Wissenschaftliche Dynamik und Disziplinäre Verankerungen der Klimaforschung. Münster: MV Wissenschaft, 2008.
- Crawford, Elisabeth. Arrhenius: From Ionic Theory to the Greenhouse Effect. Canton: Science History Publication, 1996.
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