4.54 billion years agoNow
250 years agoapproximate date
The industrial revolution
Machines and fuel begin to reshape society and the atmosphere.
Beginning in the late eighteenth century, engines and factories changed how people worked and travelled. Within a few generations, human activity began to alter the climate of the whole planet.
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