Question

since the industrial revolution, human activities have released large amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, which has changed the earths climate. natural processes, such as changes in the suns energy and volcanic eruptions, also affect the earths climate. however, they do not explain the warming that we have observed over the last century. scientists have pieced together a record of the earths climate by analyzing a number of indirect measures of climate, such as ice cores, tree rings, glacier lengths, pollen remains, and ocean sediments, and by studying changes in the earths orbit around the sun. this record shows that the climate varies naturally over a wide range of time scales, but this variability does not explain the observed warming since the 1950s. rather, it is extremely likely (> 95%) that human activities have been the dominant cause of that warming. \cause of climate change,\ u.s. environmental protection agency. based on the text, what was an unintended consequence of human activity on the environment during the industrial revolution? a. trees formed core rings that determined their age. b. there were more volcanic eruptions. c. carbon dioxide emissions increased climate change. d. there were changes in the suns energy.

Explanation:

The text states that since the Industrial Revolution, human activities released large - amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which changed the Earth's climate. Options A, B, and D are natural processes not directly related to human - caused unintended environmental consequences during the Industrial Revolution. Option C correctly identifies that increased carbon dioxide emissions from human activities during the Industrial Revolution led to climate change, an unintended consequence.

Answer:

C. Carbon dioxide emissions increased climate change.