Proving climate change: The Keeling curve
An American scientist began recording carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere in 1958
Witness History · BBC World Service
October 14, 20199m 1s
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Show Notes
How a young American scientist began the work that would show how our climate is changing. His name was Charles Keeling and he meticulously recorded levels of CO2 in the atmosphere. His wife Louise and son Ralph spoke to Louise Hidalgo about him in 2013.
(Photo: Thick black smoke blowing out of an industrial chimney. Credit: John Giles/PA)