Environment Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 28 Jan 2020
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Created byRiley Oconnor
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The Worlds population reached 1 billionThe term "carrying capacity" was first used by US Secretary of State to the SenateJohn Wesely Powell famous 3-month river expedition down the Green and Colorado RiverHenry David Thoreau publishes Walden; or, Life in the Woods.Yellowstone National Park, first national parkGeorge Perkins Marsh publishes Man and NatureWilliam Stanley Jevons publishes The Coal Question raising concerns about the sustainability of coal energy.Term acid rain was coined by Robert Angus SmithPeriods
First Industrial RevolutionSecond Industrial Revolution
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