World Wars and the AtomMedicine & Health

Great Smog of London

1952Notable

Coal smoke trapped under cold air kills thousands of Londoners in five days, leading to the Clean Air Act of 1956.

Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → Plants colonize land → First forests → Carboniferous coal forests → Britain turns to coal → Great Smog of London

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