Towards a history of ideas on anthropogenic climate change

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von Storch, H [1 ]
Stehr, N [1 ]
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[1] GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH, Inst Coastal Res, D-21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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In this essay we show that the notion of anthropogenic climate change is not novel. Concerns about transformations of the Earth's climate by human activities have been expressed since the 18(th) century Enlightenment and earlier. It Is reasonable, therefore, to speak of a "history of anthropogenic climate changes". Most of the instances were not "real". But all cases were associated with the perception of significant discontinuities and in most instances the perceived change was seen as a threat to society. We briefly discuss the possible implications of this "history" for the functioning of the scientific community in the present debate.
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