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Hidden environmental histories of the last 500 years
History Extra podcast
The Great Acceleration: A Complex Global Narrative
This chapter examines the 'great acceleration' phenomenon that started around 1945, highlighting increased carbon emissions and population growth, primarily in the global north. It emphasizes the complex nature of these shifts and the environmental impacts they entail, particularly as nations in the global south began to rise in the 1980s.
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