Eunice Newton Foote
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| Born | Eunice Newton July 17, 1819 Goshen, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 1888 (aged 69) Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City |
| Education | Troy Female Seminary |
| Known for | Discovery of the effect of carbon dioxide gas on atmospheric temperature |
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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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kurland, Zoe; Feder, Elah; Hafner, Katie (2023-11-09). "The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect". Scientific American. Retrieved 2025-04-20.