Svante Arrhenius
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Arrhenius was the first to use the principles of physical chemistry to estimate the extent to which increases in the atmospheric carbon dioxide are responsible for the Earth's increasing surface temperature. His work played an important role in the emergence of modern climate science. In the 1960s, Charles David Keeling reliably measured the level of carbon dioxide present in the air showing it was increasing and that, according to the greenhouse hypothesis, it was sufficient to cause significant global warming.
The Arrhenius equation, Arrhenius acid, Arrhenius base, lunar crater Arrhenius, Martian crater Arrhenius, the mountain of Arrheniusfjellet, and the Arrhenius Labs at Stockholm University were so named to commemorate his contributions to science. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1908
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Published: 1986
Superior document: Ostwalds Klassiker der exakten Wissenschaften 160
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Published: 2000
Superior document: Acta historica Leopoldina 33
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Published: 1908
Superior document: Emanuel Swedenborg as a scientist miscellaneous contributions 1, 3
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