Climate Changes During The Industrial Revolution

During the 1760s to the 1840s, the industrial revolution drastically changed how things were manufactured. The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Europe, and the United States. This transition included going from hand-crafted production, to manufacturing machines that could produce metals such as iron. The machinery used during the industrial revolution used water and steam power in an efficient way to increase the rate of production. As output increased at this time, there was a great rise in population, and an increase in the rate of population growth. This increase occurred because as countries grew richer for their production, people could seek paid employment in more densely populated areas such as London.

Although this revolution seemed great for the economy, it was not great for the environment. These new manufacturing machines expelled masses of dirty smoke/soot which increased the carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere, which then saw a rise

All these factors still influence climate change, but human activity and industrialisation has been the main driver to this result. For example, (in modern day), the largest emitter affecting climate change is China, producing 10,065 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. This is because China emits CO2 through energy infrastructure heavily focused on the burning of coal. Furthermore, the other mass contributors to climate change, are America and India (two countries that are extremely rich economically) because they emit greenhouse gasses through the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and for transportation or it is used for power plants. The burning of fossil fuels in these countries also links to the industrial revolution by producing CO2 through manufacturing machines, which also relates to my