Understanding climate change & its causes goes back almost 2 centuries.

#JosephFourier
1824: Earth’s warmth > sunlight’s affect
1837: atmospheric heat retention is changeable

#EuniceNewtonFoote
1856: atmospheric heat retention caused by moisture/CO2-levels

#ArvidHögbom
1890s: historic CO2 amts

#SPierpontLandry
1890s: selective absorbers

#AvanteArrhenius
1896: 5-6°C rise if 2x CO2

#JsHansen
1988: NASA, testimony

https://daily.jstor.org/how-19th-century-scientists-predicted-global-warming/