ABSTRACT
In 1849, Eunice Foote, one of the first climate scientists, made a remarkable discovery; when sunlight shone on carbon dioxide (CO2) in a closed container, heat built up inside. On August 23, 1856, a reading of Foote's work was shared at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In her paper, Foote suggests that an atmosphere of CO2 would increase the earth's temperature (Foote, 1856, p. 382). Soon after, her discovery was attributed to Irish physicist, John Tyndall, and once he received the credit, her name faded from the origin stories of climate science. The rest is his/story.
