Future Calculations | Distillations | Science History Institute

Q. When did scientists learn about the role of carbon dioxide in climate?

A. A long time ago but for many years they have doubts or wouldn’t worry. The warmer the better, isn’t it ?

Q. Have you ever been in a place with 115 degrees Fahrenheit ( 46.1C)? Now tell me how it is better …

Read the Article | Distillations| Rudy M. Baum Sr.

“We often hear lamentations that the coal stored up in the earth is wasted by the present generation without any thought of the future, and we are terrified by the awful destruction of life and property which has followed the volcanic eruptions of our days. We may find a kind of consolation in the consideration that here, as in every other case, there is good mixed with the evil. By the influence of the increasing percentage of carbonic acid in the atmosphere, we may hope to enjoy ages with more equable and better climates, especially as regards the colder regions of the earth, ages when the earth will bring forth much more abundant crops than at present, for the benefit of rapidly propagating mankind.”

A tribute to the memory of Svante Arrhenius, a brochure, can be found here