We also know that since the industrial revolution began, mankind's actions have contributed significantly to that greenhouse effect.
It's no coincidence that the Industrial Revolution began in Britain and that the U.S. became the world's foremost industrial power.
According to the WMO, about 375 billion tons of carbon has been released into the atmosphere since the industrial revolution began in 1750, with around half this amount being absorbed by carbon sinks.
The author dismisses the more traditional explanations about why the industrial revolution began in Britain such as an abundance of coal or the insatiable demands of the Royal Navy concluding, instead, that it was England's development of the patent system that was the decisive factor.
The existence of such a large, developing market proved vital when the third great development, the Industrial Revolution, began in 18th-century Britain.
Admittedly, the Industrial Revolution, which began in Europe in the late 18th century, and European superiority in firearms, have shifted the balance towards the West over the last 200-odd years.
One of the great puzzles of the industrial revolution is why it began in England.
Scientists on the panel say the increase began with the birth of the Industrial Revolution 250 years ago.
Using that data, the authors found that global warming trends began in about the year 1800, just as the industrial revolution was gaining steam.
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At the turn of the last century, the Industrial Revolution had taken hold and the old order of rural, largely male-dominated America began to fade.
It ranks with the original human exodus from Africa about 60, 000 years ago, which led to Homo sapiens becoming a global species, and the beginning of the industrial revolution, 250 years ago, when many people stopped being farmers and began to earn their livings in other ways.
After 1800, however, living standards began to increase, first in the West, as stagnant economies transitioned to the industrial revolution and to a period of modern economic growth where living standards double every 35 years.
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