Editing Environmental science (section)

==== 19th century ====
In the 1820s, scientists were studying the properties of gases, particularly those in the Earth's atmosphere and their interactions with heat from the Sun.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Mason |first=Matthew |date=August 2014 |title=History of the Study of Climate Change in Field of Environmental Science |url=https://www.environmentalscience.org/history-climate-change |access-date=October 2, 2022 |website=Environmental Science}}</ref> Later that century, studies suggested that the Earth had experienced an [[Ice age|Ice Age]] and that warming of the Earth was partially due to what are now known as [[greenhouse gas]]es (GHG).<ref name=":2" /> The [[greenhouse effect]] was introduced, although climate science was not yet recognized as an important topic in environmental science due to minimal industrialization and lower rates of greenhouse gas emissions at the time.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
[[File:Rachel-Carson.jpg|thumb|[[Rachel Carson]] published her groundbreaking novel, ''[[Silent Spring]]'', in 1962, bringing the study of environmental science to the forefront of society.]]
[[File:Santa Barbara, Calif, oil slick area - NARA - 194617.tif|left|thumb|Former President [[Richard Nixon]] visits the site of the 1969 [[Santa Barbara oil spill]], which received intense media coverage and inspired a multitude of environmental legislation.]]
[[File:First Space-Based View of the Ozone Hole (8006648994).jpg|left|thumb|A team of British researchers found a hole in the ozone layer forming over Antarctica, the discovery of which would later influence the [[Montreal Protocol]] in 1987.]]