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Eunice Newton Foote (July 17, 1819 – September 30, 1888) was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner.
Nov 9, 2023 · Eunice Newton Foote showed that carbon dioxide traps the heat of the sun in 1856, beating the so-called father of the greenhouse effect by at least three years. Why was she forgotten?
Mar 8, 2022 · Learn how Eunice Newton Foote, a women's rights activist and amateur scientist, discovered the link between CO2 and global warming in 1856, three years before John Tyndall. Discover how her experiment and conclusions were rediscovered and reinterpreted by a geologist in 2010.
Jul 17, 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of Eunice Newton Foote, a pioneer in climate science and women's rights. She presented her findings on the greenhouse effect in 1856, two years before John Tyndall, but they were overlooked by the scientific community.
- Alex Wilkins
- News Reporter
Eunice Foote discovered the cause of global warming, but history forgot her. That can't happen to women working on climate science today.
Apr 21, 2020 · In the 1850s, Eunice Foote, an amateur scientist and activist for women’s rights, made a remarkable discovery about greenhouse gases that could have helped form the foundation of modern climate...
Aug 23, 2021 · In 1856 Eunice Newton Foote was able to conclude that increasing carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere would cause warming. She did not mean for it to be a warning, but perhaps, in the midst of America’s industrial revolution, it should have been.
