#298 | A Brief History of Climate Change
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The Rain Follows the Plough Theory
The greenhouse effect is how certain gases in the earth's atmosphere prevent heat from the sun escaping back into the solar system. This idea was developed in 18 56 by an american scientist called unis newton foote, who conducted experiments to assess how gases interact with sunlight. She found that c o two, carbon dioxide, heated up the quickest and kept its temperature the longest. But being in the unfortunate position of a woman in the nineteenth century, foote was not taken seriously in the scientific community. Her paper was presented by fellow scientist, joseph henry at the american associatin for the advancement of science, but it was largely ignored. It has now been proved to not
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