Sheril KirshenbaumSep 26, 2023

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

But 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. http://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer #history #science #ClimateChange

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 threadnormenSep 26, 2023
@Sheril It was just easier to take something from a woman back then. Theres many examples of this, just think Edison and Tesla. Who's name is first on a paper is another of these things. Often students make the discovery and their prof gets the credit.
Show threadpartyp00perSep 26, 2023
@normen @Sheril wait? Why are you dragging tesla into this. Are you saying he had assistants he stole credit from? Because I have never heard or read that anywhere before. Sauce?
Show threadnormenSep 26, 2023
@partyp00er No, Tesla worked for Edison and quickly realized that only Edison benefited from that. @Sheril
Show threadpartyp00per
@normen @Sheril cool I just misunderstood, I knew that Tesla worked for that huckster Edison for while :)
Sep 26, 2023 at 7:29pmWeb
Show threadnormenSep 26, 2023
@partyp00er As a rule of thumb, if somebody actively supports statues of themselves and want their name on everything - they‘re probably *not* what they want you to think they are. @Sheril