Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
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Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote
1800s and woman. That's why nobody paid any attention. Just like that Ada Lovelace character.
Svante Arrhenius was a big name and published in 1896 but the required scale was considered ludicrous at the time. It's only after about 1950 that humanity became a geological force. And 1980s when mainstream climate science made the severe mistake of pegging climate sensitivity wrong, making us believe we still had time. Arguably only very recently (5-10 years) we realized how screwed we are.