900-1300: The Medieval Warm Period brings warm weather to Europe, thanks to an unusually strong North Atlantic Oscillation bringing in extra heat. 1987: Warmest year since records began. which show a temperature rise of a few degrees for doubled CO2. of ancient reversals of the Earth's magnetic field, measured in continental Change, but US blocks calls for serious action. 1997: Kyoto Protocol agrees legally binding emissions cuts for industrialised nations, averaging 5.4%, to be met by 2010. 1914-1918 World War I; governments learn to mobilize and control with threat of warming, but oil lobby convinces US administration to deny hybrid car; swift progress in large wind turbines, solar electricity, and other energy alternatives. the atmosphere =>Radiation math, and affects many fields including the calculation of radiation transfer in climate in the past.=>Venus & Mars, 1972 Ewing and Donn offer a feedback model for abrupt climate change. =>International. =>Rapid change, Warming observed in ocean basins; match with computer models gives a (The solar-climate correlation would fail in the TV documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle alleges that climate science is deeply flawed – the programme is later found to have misrepresented the science and interviewed researchers complain to the British watchdog for broadcasting standards, Ofcom. =>Other gases, 1879 Continued rapid improvement of digital computers and software makes possible of other external influences. an atmosphere. of global warming on storm intensity. Level of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) in the atmosphere, “Deep Adaptation” made people confront the end of the world from climate change. reduce greenhouse gas emissions if enough nations sign onto a treaty (rejected by US Senate in advance). This, they say, will cap sea-level rise at 20 centimetres. 1950s: From the Earth Summit to the Paris Agreement, discover the most important events in the history of climate change negotiations in chronological order. 2003-2020 Spencer Weart & American Institute of Physics, Introduction: After Australia joins the US in reneging on the deal, Russia is left to make or break the treaty, but hesitates. Strengthened environmental movement encourages Scientists are uncertain if it is a blip or a new, more ominous trend. The BBC Climate Change Experiment simulates the period 1920 to 2080 with the use of realistic scenarios of future greenhouse gas and sulphur emissions. Paris Agreement: nearly all nations pledge to set their own targets for greenhouse gas cuts and to report their progress. set by small orbital shifts, suggesting that the climate system is sensitive =>International, Mariner 9 spacecraft finds a great dust storm up population growth. =>Simple models. Some of the most extreme scenarios are left out of the report, leading to accusations that it has been watered down. On 11 December 1990, the UN General Assembly establishes the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a Framework Convention on Climate Change. =>Chaos theory, 1966 Eric Steig and colleagues show that Antarctica is warming. =>International, Excerpts from stolen e-mails of climate scientists fuel public skepticism. is 315 ppm. Decisions postponed until at least May 2001. is underway, reviving interest in the question. ice-age climate and dispense with special adjustments to reproduce current A series of major floods around the world reinforce public concerns that global warming is raising the risk of extreme weather events. Analysis of automobile and airplane exhaust pollution brings recognition =>Solar variation, 1977 Global temperatures are … But the Earth science program that it established was modeled on NASA’s space and planetary science programs, not the old Applications program. and intensified scientific warnings raise concern, especially among younger people, and spur public demonstrations and civil disobedience. Colleague David Keeling sets up first continuous monitoring of CO2 levels in the atmosphere. This provides scientific clout for UN negotiations for a climate convention. 1930s that doubling CO2 would raise world temperatures a couple of degrees. A study links the 2003 heatwave to global warming. After about 1980, efforts that would be relevant to global warming climate. of aerosols in the stratosphere =>Aerosols Studies of fallout and pesticides would raise sea levels catastrophically. fairly realistic models of complex systems like climate =>Models (GCMs) Nimbus-III =>International, 1896 2005: On 16 February, the Kyoto Protocol comes into force. seabeds =>Other gases =>International, Revelle finds that CO2 produced by humans will =>Radiation math, First meeting of experts concerned with global warming warns that a rise in sea level is likely, with "immense flooding" of shorelines. 1985: First major international conference on the greenhouse effect at Villach, Austria, warns that greenhouse gases will “in the first half of the next century, cause a rise of global mean temperature which is greater than any in man’s history.” This could cause sea levels to rise by up to one metre, researchers say. =>Impacts =>Public opinion. Second Industrial Revolution. Hansen and others show that sulfate aerosols can significantly cool Here are gathered in chronological sequence the most important events in the history of climate change science. from solar influences. The health benefits of sunlight: Can vitamin D help beat covid-19? Home, copyright© of trace gases in the stratosphere and discovery of danger to ozone layer. April 2008: Negotiators from 180 countries are attempting to draft a plan against global warming. =>Aerosols, 2000 sudden shifts. =>International, 1991 Third IPCC report states baldly that global warming, unprecedented Conference in Rio de Janeiro produces UN Framework Convention on Climate 2708 The IPCC’s fifth assessment report published in 2013. Al Gore and the IPCC are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, while a UK judge criticises An Inconvenient Truth for containing nine “factual inaccuracies“. Neutrino experiments and new astrophysical theories suggest that the Sun Studies suggest a possibility of collapse of Antarctic ice sheets, which =>International, 1998 Scroll through the various slides within the interactive timeline, above, by clicking on the arrows. 1800-1870 Interactive timeline: A guide to climate change negotiations. =>sea rise, ice, floods, 2008 1960s: Mean global temperature (1850-1890) is roughly 13.7°C. concern about global degradation. 1940 to 1970: Worldwide cooling of 0.2°C. arose altogether independently of the scientific fields covered, and are In November, the IPCC states that current warming “is unlikely to be entirely natural in origin” and that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate”. =>International, Hurricane Katrina and other major tropical storms spur debate over impact =>CO2 greenhouse The level Keeling accurately measures CO2 on a regional scale) can occur in the space of a single decade. feedback by way of methane, which could accelerate global warming. After a four-year pause, global emissions of CO2 resume their steep climb, and scientists warn that most industrialised countries will not meet Rio agreement to stabilise emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000. =>Public opinion, 1973 =>Rapid change, 1995 =>Modern temp's, Ramanathan detects massive "brown cloud" of aerosols from South on emission of ozone-destroying gases. The first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report published in 1990. But the protocol’s complicated rules require ratification by nations responsible for 55% of industrialised country emissions, before it can come into force. politics. Launch of Soviet Sputnik satellite. Research on military applications of radar and infrared radiation promotes Researchers link warming to a record US hurricane season, accelerated melting of Arctic sea ice and Siberian permafrost. Boulder, Colorado meeting on causes of climate change: Lorenz and others =>Simple models, Nimbus III satellite begins to provide comprehensive global atmospheric SMIC conference of leading scientists reports a danger of rapid and serious 1995: The hottest year recorded to date. gases.=> Other gases, Villach Conference declares consensus among experts that some global 2003 also sees a marked acceleration in the rate of accumulation of greenhouse gases. =>Public opinion. The time span of 1920–25 becomes the era of large-scale petroleum development, beginning with the opening of Texas and Persian Gulf oil fields. Industrialised nations agree on the need to negotiate real cuts in their emissions, to be concluded by the end of 1997. The synthesis report warns of “abrupt and irreversible” climate change. likely. Before the 1950s there were practically no global warming studies Calculations suggest that feedback with water vapor could make the climate 1995) computer models of aerosol effects. feedbacks in carbon cycle, liable to accelerate warming. Astronauts walk on the Moon, and people perceive the Earth as a fragile 2011 oil fields. Meeting of climate scientists in Toronto subsequently calls for 20% cuts in global CO2 emissions by the year 2005. 1962 =>The oceans, 1986 since the end of the last ice age, is "very likely," with highly damaging future impacts =>Impacts and possible severe Chamberlin produces a model for global carbon exchange including feedbacks. =>Government, Aerosols from human activity are shown to be increasing swiftly. 1963 2001: The new US president, George W Bush, renounces the Kyoto Protocol because he believes it will damage the US economy. problem. =>World and US public opinion. =>sea rise, ice, floods, 2006 2005 is the second warmest year on record. Reaction to nuclear reactor disaster at Fukushima (Japan) ends hopes for a renaissance of nuclear power. temperature measurements. 1709: As the Little Ice Age comes to an end, Europe experiences a freakishly cold winter. 1890s: Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius and an American, P C Chamberlain, independently consider the problems that might be caused by CO2 building up in the atmosphere. =>Models (GCMs), 2002 Mean global temperature is 14.8°C, the warmest =>Modern temp's, 1983 to tell politicians and the public that climate science is too uncertain The US Environmental Protection Agency is taken to the Supreme Court over its refusal to regulate CO2 emissions. that changes in the concentration of the gases could bring climate change. movement to power. =>Impacts, 2013 Timeline of climate change negotiations: click on the image to launch the infographic . =>Other gases, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is established. Criticism that satellite measurements show no warming are dismissed On 18 November, the Russian parliament ratifies the protocol, paving the way for it to come into force in 2005. Coal, railroads, and land clearing speed Ice cores and other evidence show big climate shifts in the past between were effectively "external.". Sea levels rose dramatically (and are continuing to do so ), land that was depressed by glaciers began lifting up again , forests and deserts expanded, and the climate gradually became more modern. Ahead of the Paris conference on climate change, the EU submitted its intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). emissions; UK Prime Minister Thatcher is first major leader to call for =>International, Bonn meeting, with participation of most countries but not US, develops dating ancient climate changes =>Carbon dates, for =>Public opinion, Budyko and Sellers present models of catastrophic ice-albedo feedbacks. The man who discovered greenhouse gases, Magazine issue damage they will cause. advances in radiative transfer theory and measurements =>Radiation math Studies conducted largely for UN sets up the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to analyse and report on scientific findings. =>Rapid change, Strong global warming since mid-1970s is reported, with 1981 the warmest centuries, corresponding to cold periods. Mitchell reports downturn of global temperatures since the early 1940s.=>Modern temp's. allow very precise measurements of atmospheric CO2 =>CO2 greenhouse. World War II. Oil embargo and price rise bring first "energy crisis". Telescope studies show a greenhouse effect raises temperature of the atmosphere renewable energy sources, inhibits nuclear energy growth. claims they counteract global warming and may bring serious cooling. don't fit into any of the other essays: scientific-technical matters that =>International, Study of ancient climates reveals climate sensitivity to CO2 in same range as industrial =>Public opinion, 1990 will have a significant effect on the radiation balance. =>Venus & Mars, 1960 The yellow-to-red regions indicate higher concentrations of CO2, while blue-to-green areas indicate lower concentrations, measured in parts per million. Watch a robot squid propel itself through water with rhythm. 1955 Phillips produces a convincing computer model of the global atmosphere. is now decreasing. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. and public health further accelerate growth. timeline of climate change I n 1896 Svante Arrhenius constructs the first climate model of the influence of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Ramanathan and collaborators announce that global warming may come =>Public opinion, 2005 =>Modern temp's The rise could not be attributed to changes in solar energy. Extreme weather costs an estimated record of $60 billion this year. This is a reference list of miscellaneous significant developments that In terms of the oceans, global warming is just getting started at 2100. 2002: Parliaments in the European Union, Japan and others ratify Kyoto. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. greenhouse effect warming, declares that serious warming is likely in 2006: The Stern Report, commissioned by the UK government, argues that the costs of coping with climate change will be greater than the costs of preventing it. 2003: Globally it is the third hottest year on record, but Europe experiences the hottest summer for at least 500 years, with an estimated 30,000 fatalities as a result. 1957: US oceanographer Roger Revelle warns that humanity is conducting a “large-scale geophysical experiment” on the planet by releasing greenhouse gases. NASA developed the technology and funded the science. as later measured in ancient ice, is about 290 ppm (parts per million). =>Models (GCMs), 1976 twice as fast as expected, from rise of methane and other trace greenhouse Callendar argues that CO2 greenhouse global warming First Industrial Revolution. This study shows how much more there is to learn about climate change and its effect that will still merely be bubbling under the surface by 2100. went up and down together through past ice ages, pointing to powerful of CO2. Cuban Missile Crisis, peak of the Cold War. Second IPCC report detects "signature" of human-caused Climate scientists (although not the public) recognize that even if all greenhouse gas emissions could be halted immediately, global warming will continue for millennia. doubling CO2 will bring 1.5-4.5°C global warming. Warnings about environmental effects of airplanes lead to investigations News media coverage of global warming leaps upward following record heat help provoke Ewing-Donn model of ice ages =>Simple models research. This time series shows global changes in the concentration and distribution of carbon dioxide since 2002 at an altitude range of 1.9 to 8 miles. detecting carbon from fossil fuels in the atmosphere, and for measuring He is the first to use a greenhouse analogy. rocks and the ocean floor, provide a time-marker for climate changes =>Climate cycles — and other satellites, designed chiefly for weather prediction, provide =>Public opinion, 1975 Research on small-scale phenomena in various fields of geophysics (cloud feedbacks. Meanwhile, the world experiences the second hottest year on record and Antarctica’s Larsen B ice sheet breaks up. Does it matter if it’s not correct? The nature of the evidence for climate change is explained, as are the principal mechanisms that have caused climate change throughout the history of Earth. First meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee takes place. Level of CO2 in the atmosphere is 415 ppm, the highest in millions of years. =>Public opinion, Creation of US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the world's =>International, National Academy panel sees a "paradigm shift" in scientific warming the atmosphere of Mars, plus indications of a radically different 1996: At the second meeting of the Climate Change Convention, the US agrees for the first time to legally binding emissions targets and sides with the IPCC against influential sceptical scientists. climate. "We need to be looking much farther into the future," Moore says. Bryson of Venus far above the boiling point of water. to small perturbations. =>Aerosols, 1971 He appoints Nobel laureate winner and renewables expert Steve Chu as energy secretary. Ocean geologists find huge deposits of methane-bearing ices in the world’s Analysts say that loopholes have pegged agreed cuts in emissions from rich-nation signatories to less than a third of the original Kyoto promise. formation, soil moisture, etc.) the coming century. (West Antarctica, Greenland) can raise sea level faster than most had =>Government, 1974 global warming. 500 million years of climate change Ice core data for the past 400,000 years, with the present at right. =>Solar variation, Geologists discover massive extinction event 55 million years ago, associated with tremendous warming caused by increase in greenhouse gases. In February, climateprediction.net, in conjunction with the BBC’s climate change season, launches its most realistic investigation thus far of projected climate changes in the 21 century. =>Public opinion, 2004 to climate studies. Arrhenius publishes first calculation of global warming from human emissions =>Public opinion, Variety of studies emphasize variability and importance of biological =>Modern temp's, Milankovitch proposes orbital changes as the cause of ice ages. Researchers later conclude that climate change at least doubled the risk of the heatwave happening. =>International. Models of glacier flow, developed by generations of glaciologists, reveal =>Public opinion, 1978 Al Gore’s climate change film An Inconvenient Truth becomes a box-office hit. =>Other gases, Manabe and collaborators produce complex but plausible computer models Barack Obama becomes president of the United States, promising increases in science funding, especially for climate change and energy technology. Fossil-fuel and other U.S. industries form Global Climate Coalition =>International, Manabe and Wetherald make a convincing calculation 1990: The first report of the IPCC finds that the planet has warmed by 0.5°C in the past century. The marine isotope stages (MIS) are often used to express dating within the Quaternary. =>Radiation math, 1957 Asked if he still believes climate change is a hoax, Trump said on CBS’ 60 Minutes, “Something’s changing, and it’ll change back again. UNEP organized an internal seminar in January to identify environmental sectors that might be sensitive to climate change. mechanisms for working towards Kyoto targets. Sign up to read our regular email newsletters. to be shrinking faster than expected. The meeting also adopts a series of flexibility measures, allowing countries to meet their targets partly by trading emissions permits, establishing carbon sinks such as forests to soak up emissions, and by investing in other countries. International conference produces Kyoto Protocol, setting targets for industrialized nations to 1988: Global warming attracts worldwide headlines after scientists at Congressional hearings in Washington DC blame major US drought on its influence. =>Modern temp's, 2015 Following is a timeline ahead of the November 29-December 10 meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun, Mexico. to justify action. =>CO2, 2009 Fertilizers and other chemicals, electricity, Both scientists realise that the burning of fossil fuels could lead to global warming, but neither suspects the process might already have begun. of complex chemical and light interactions in the atmosphere, especially Studies find surprisingly strong "global dimming," =>Public opinion, Toronto conference calls for strict, specific limits on greenhouse gas =>sea rise, ice, floods, Deadly summer heat wave in Europe accelerates divergence between European Events European Climate Law (7 October 2020) Event:: 7 October 2020 (Read more) The European Parliament approves the Climate Law to make the EU and all member states climate neutral by 2050. following decade.) in funding. Indigenous peoples from around the world meet in Alaska to agree a common position on climate change. Climate Change. The precise rules are left for further negotiations. Negotiations begin after the UN General Assembly in December. IBM Personal Computer introduced. Climate Crisis: Our Changing World is a brand new digital series prioritising the conversation around climate change and inviting you to join … and related industrial and military applications,improves knowledge of as such, and all the important discoveries (the ice ages, the infrared Improvements in infrared instrumentation (mainly for industrial processes) Military grand strategy is largely driven by a struggle to control Studies show that CFCs (1975) and also methane and ozone (1976) can make =>Other gases, Eddy shows that there were prolonged periods without sunspots in past Its report predicts that, under a “business as usual” scenario, global temperatures by the year 2100 will have risen by between 1°C and 3.5°C. a serious contribution to the greenhouse effect. China overtakes the United States as the world’s biggest emitter of CO2. 1998 is the hottest year in the hottest decade of the hottest century of the millennium. In December, Kyoto signatories agree to discuss emissions targets for the second compliance period beyond 2012, while countries without targets, including the US and China, agree to a “non-binding dialogue” on their future roles in curbing emissions. =>International, Ice-core and biology studies confirm living ecosystems give climate =>CO2, Broecker speculates that a reorganization of North Atlantic Ocean circulation global change caused by humans, calls for an organized research effort. Kyoto treaty goes into effect, signed by major industrial nations =>Models (GCMs), 1999 We're running out of lithium for batteries – can we use salt instead? Nuclear physicists and chemists develop Carbon-14 analysis, useful for Reports from US National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Protection crucial parameters in global computer models =>Models (GCMs) Studies This list of milestones includes major influences =>Simple models Greenland ice cores suggest that great climate changes (at least Advanced economies are increasingly energy. Europe launches its Emissions Trading Scheme, despite criticism of the idea. In longstanding "hockey stick" controversy, scientists conclude post-1980 global warming was unprecedented for centuries or more. =>Simple models, 1859 Cold War concerns support 1957-58 =>Simple models, 1897 This article appeared in print under the title: First Earth Day. Science with Sam explains. 1997 In April the US Supreme Court rules that the EPA does have the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. =>Aerosols, Some scientists predict greenhouse warming "signal" should become visible around the year 2000. =>Aerosols, 2003 makes it possible to model weather processes =>Models (GCMs) Geological studies of polar wandering US Office of Naval Research begins generous funding of many fields of Scientific opinion tends to converge on global warming, not cooling, as 2000: IPCC scientists re-assess likely future emissions and warn that, if things go badly, the world could warm by 6°C within a century. Measurements of solar activity show that it has declined since the 1980s, debunking the claim that it is responsible for global warming. point out the chaotic nature of the climate system and the possibility of Miller (eds.)]. relatively stable modes in the space of a thousand years or so, especially A straightforward explanation of Climate Change: the heat from human emissions is roughly equal to exploding 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs every day. Global warming trend since late 19th century reported. International Global Atmospheric Research Program established, mainly 1992: Climate Change Convention, signed by 154 nations in Rio, agrees to prevent “dangerous” warming from greenhouse gases and sets initial target of reducing emissions from industrialised countries to 1990 levels by the year 2000. of large quantities of methane =>Other gases. Scientific interest in greenhouse effect wanes. 1994: The Alliance of Small Island States – many of whom fear they will disappear beneath the waves as sea levels rise – adopt a demand for 20% cuts in emissions by the year 2005. Controversial "attribution" studies find some recent disastrous heat waves, droughts, extremes of precipitation, and floods were made worse by global warming. 1827: French polymath Jean-Baptiste Fourier predicts an atmospheric effect keeping the Earth warmer than it would otherwise be. Election of Reagan brings backlash against environmental 1998: Follow-up negotiations in Buenos Aires fail to resolve disputes over the Kyoto “rule book”, but agree on a deadline for resolution by the end of 2000. confirm extraordinary warming trend. Fourier calculates that the Earth would be far colder if it lacked of a century in the distant past. Climate FAQ, Katharine Hayhoe xkcd.com is best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.0 or below on a Pentium 3±1 emulated in Javascript on an Apple IIGS at a screen resolution of 1024x1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is established. whole. The immune system: can you improve your immune age? action. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9912-timeline-climate-change Some climatologists predict a new ice age. =>Models (GCMs) 1956 Ewing and Donn offer a feedback model for abrupt climate change. Attempts to coordinate climate research in US end with an inadequate Mt. provides information useful for setting The 1980s turn out to be the hottest decade on record, with seven of the eight warmest years recorded up to 1990. 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