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Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote (theconversation.com)
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[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He discovered that the earth is as warmer than it should be rather than freezing. The greenhouse effect is fundamental to our existence. No bad for a scientist in the 1820s.