Ebsco Database: "Global Warming"

This article discussed some of what global warming is and what is a part of the history of global warming. Here are some of the information that they discussed:

• Koyoto Protocal: A legislation stating that the countries who signed the document would decrease the amount of greenhouse gasses that they will release by 5%. The United States did not sign this document.
• Jean-Baptiste Fourier (1768-1830) believed that solar energy got trapped in the atmosphere and would lead to a raising the the earth's temperature.
•  John Tyndall (1820-1893) suggested that when carbon dioxide gets caught in the atmosphere it captures infrared rays and warms the earth.
• Charles Keeling (1928-2005). measured carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and all scientist believe his research and is the most widely used.
• Raising in the temperature of the earth can cause more natural disasters such as hurricanes and weather patterns around the globe.

This information explains more about the history of global warming and how we knew more about this before it has become a pressing problem.