Sheril KirshenbaumFeb 11, 2023

Physicist John Tyndall is often credited w discovering the greenhouse effect, which he wrote about in 1859.

But female scientist Eunice Foote published a paper - 3yrs earlier - demonstrating how atmospheric water vapor & CO2 affected solar heating. She theorized that heat trapping gases in Earth’s atmosphere warm its #climate.

Tyndall was widely read. And Foote, being a woman, wasn't even permitted to present her own work.
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer #history #science #ClimateChange #HistoryRemix

Happy 200th birthday to Eunice Foote, hidden climate science pioneer

American Eunice Foote was an amateur scientist and women's rights pioneer from the mid-1800s whose experiments foreshadowed the discovery of Earth's greenhouse effect. 

NOAA Climate.gov
Show thread@energiepiratFeb 11, 2023
@Sheril What about Svante Arrhenius in Sweden?
Show threadGreg WellmanFeb 11, 2023

@energiepirat @Sheril Arrhenius came along later. He was the first (I think!) to suggest that mankind could change the climate via increasing CO2. Foote (and Tyndall) were the first to describe the effect of (mostly naturally occurring at the time!) CO2, and water vapor(*). Fourier ... see Martin Vermeer's response https://defcon.social/@martinvermeer@fediscience.org/109845728811518669

(*) While water is a potent greenhouse gas, it's also purely an amplifying feedback. It's effectively impossible to change its concentration in isolation.

Martin Vermeer FCD (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Joseph Fourier wrote about heat transport through the atmosphere even earlier than both. With a bit of good will one could claim that he described the greenhouse effect, though not referring to any atmospheric gases.

FediScience.org
Show thread@energiepiratFeb 12, 2023
@gfwellman @Sheril 999% correct. No objections. Public and published opinions here in 🇩🇪 is far, far away from recognizing this facts. How about your countries?
Show threadGreg WellmanFeb 12, 2023
@energiepirat Recognizing which facts - the relatively long history of climate science, or the significant under-crediting of women in science history in general? In 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸 I'd say the general public knows hardly anything about either.
I've spent some time studying climate science and I hadn't heard of Foote until this post by @Sheril ☹️.
Show thread@energiepirat
@gfwellman @Sheril Both kind of facts. The ignorance towards female intelligence and their finding makes it even worse. But don't be afraid: Conservative "believers" denying science exist as well as male and female human beings. Look at Palin, Thatcher, Hernandez de Kirchner, Truss, Le Pen, Merkel (a scientist in physics herself=) ignoring climate change and abusing the buzzword for her personal Marketing: She made Media call her Klima-Kanzlerin in 2005.
Feb 13, 2023 at 7:04pmWeb