Eunice Newton Foote
Eunice Newton Foote was the scientist who discovered the greenhouse effect and an activist.[1][2][3] Her experiment predicted the findings of the Earth’s greenhouse effect.[1] She was the first person to publicly say that the Earth would get warmer if carbon dioxide levels rose.[1]
Early life
Foote went to the Troy Female Seminary School.[1] This helped her find a love for science. This would inspire her in her later years of becoming a scientist. [1]
Career
Foote became the first person to notice the ability of carbon dioxide and water vapor on heat.[1][2] She connected the two to climate change.[1] [2] Her work was shown to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1856.[1][2] She did not present her work.[1][2] A man named Joseph Henry did.[1][2] It is unclear why. [1][2] A summary of her work was published in the 1857 volume of Annual Scientific Discovery by David A. Wells.[2][3] Foote also made it into a German publication.[3] She got a good review of her findings from Scientific American. [2][3] Also, she had a short film made about her in 2018.[1]
Foote was also an activist and believer in women’s rights.[1][2][3] Foote signed the document at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.[1][2][3] The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was the country’s first gathering focused on women's rights. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Schwartz, John (2020-04-21). "Overlooked No More: Eunice Foote, Climate Scientist Lost to History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 "Happy 200th birthday to Eunice Foote, hidden climate science pioneer | NOAA Climate.gov". www.climate.gov. 2019-07-17. Archived from the original on 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Kurland, Zoe; Feder, Elah; Hafner, Katie (2023-11-09). "The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect". Scientific American. Retrieved 2025-04-20.