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The Public Domain ReviewonMastodon7h ago
The first person to discover a link between increased levels of CO2 and #globalwarming was a New Yorker named Eunice Newton Foote. Read her 1856 paper, and how she went unacknowledged for more than a century, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/first-paper-to-link-co2-and-global-warming-by-eunice-foote-1856 #earthday #climatechange
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Analysis Summary
Eunice Newton Foote conducted experiments in 1856 that made her the first person to discover altering atmospheric carbon dioxide would change Earth's temperature. Her discovery went unacknowledged for over a century largely because she was a woman, and her work remained historically overlooked until an amateur historian rediscovered it in 2011. The post accurately directs readers to the Public Domain Review's full archive collection for the original paper and historical context.
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โThe first person to discover a link between increased levels of CO2 and global warming was a New Yorker named Eunice Newton Footeโ
Confirmed by multiple credible sources (Wikipedia, NOAA, Royal Society, Public Domain Review) that Foote conducted experiments in 1856 establishing CO2-warming link
โShe wrote a 1856 paper on this topicโ
Published in American Journal of Science, November 1856, titled 'Circumstances Affecting the Heat of Sun's Rays'
โShe was unacknowledged for more than a centuryโ
Multiple sources confirm her work was lost to history until rediscovered in 2011 by Ray Sorenson
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