Who first proposed the theory of Global Warming?

Question

I'm not looking for who first experimented with it to test it -- I need to know who proposed it first. Thanks!

Answer 1

I don't know but I would enjoy serving the world by being the one to caster ate him with a rusty knife and make sure he got no anesthetic

Answer 2

doctor david suzuki . proffesor university of british colombia , doctrates from several other universities . well respected by his peers. has qwn science show in canada , since canada srarted to lose the artic ice pack 1987 .this was the first prophecy , which is coming true . his estimate , time wise less than 5 years .

Answer 3

Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish physicist, in 1896.  Looking at the infrared absorption properties of CO2, he saw how it could hold heat close to the Earth, and warm the planet.  More here:

http://www.aip.org/history/climate/co2.h...

Answer 4

Bob is right.  Arrhenius had it in 1896 112 years ago.  The rest is details about how the excess energy is distributed in a complex dynamical system called earth.

Answer 5

Bob is right 1896  

Interesting choice of name "Truth"

Answer 6

Some jack ***.

The theory that CO2 was a greenhouse gas has been known for about 100 years.

Answer 7

It's generally credited to Arrhenius in the 1890's.  His work derived from the work of Fourier in the 1820's, who proved that an atmosphere makes a planet warmer than no atmosphere.  

I think the key discovery was by Tyndall in 1859.  He showed that certain gases in the atmosphere cause it to retain more heat than others.  

That led directly to Arrhenius' calculation showing that the CO2 being released by human industry will raise the earth's temperature in predictable fashion.

It's hard to say when something becomes "conventional wisdom".  It's generally known for a long time before, often centuries, and may even be accepted by the majority of scientists, as was the case with the heliocentric theory of the solar system, before it becomes "official.  Some would credit AGW as late as the late 1930's or early 1940's.  It was definitely considered "proven" (if you like that word)  by the end of WWII, but there were still a few scientists who remained skeptical as late as the 1960's.  Nobody keeps track after that, as far as I know.

Answer 8

Algore was the first to observe and hypothesize about global warming.  I believe he began recording observations shortly after he finished up development of those new-fangled internets.