250 years ago · approximate 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.
- Period
- Quaternary
- Earth's history already passed
- 100 percent
- 4.54 kilometres
- 250 micrometres from the end
- One day
- 23:59:59
- One year
- December 31, 23:59
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Source to be verified