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title: "“We figured out the greenhouse effect closer to the start of the industrial revolution than to today.”"
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published_at: "2024-02-03T00:35:17+00:00"
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# “We figured out the greenhouse effect closer to the start of the industrial revolution than to today.”

[![Screenshot of description of the xkcd comic with the text 'We figured out the greenhouse effect closer to the start of the industrial revolution than to today.'](https://eay.cc/uploads/2024/xkcd-greenhouse.png)](https://xkcd.com/2889/)