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Stories Behind The Scientists

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Taking a look at the at the lives, eccentricities and struggles of people who have changed the world. https://linktr.ee/storiesbehindthescientists

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Taking a look at the at the lives, eccentricities and struggles of people who have changed the world. https://linktr.ee/storiesbehindthescientists

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Eunice Newton Foote

Stories Behind The Scientists

10 minutes 1 second

2 years ago

Eunice Newton Foote

Eunice Newton Foote is not a household name, even among scientists! Which is weird, since she was the first person to discover the greenhouse effect (the main mechanism that drives climate change), and she did so in the 1850's! Let's take a look at her life, and why she might not have the renown she deserves (hint: she was a woman in the 1800s).