Eunice Newton Foote
Scientist who first showed certain gases trap heat.
Their Story
Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist and inventor who experimented with how sunlight warms different gases. In the 1850s she found that carbon dioxide trapped more heat than ordinary air. Her experiments were an early step toward understanding the greenhouse effect.
Era
1800s
Field
Climate Science
Eunice Newton Foote
Scientist who first showed certain gases trap heat.
Science · Climate Science · 1800s · Women in STEM
Their Story
Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist and inventor who experimented with how sunlight warms different gases. In the 1850s she found that carbon dioxide trapped more heat than ordinary air. Her experiments were an early step toward understanding the greenhouse effect.
Key Innovation
Demonstrated through experiments that carbon dioxide can trap heat, an early clue to the greenhouse effect.
Why It Matters Today
Her discovery underlies our understanding of how greenhouse gases drive climate change today.
Learn More
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Newton_Foote
Wilkinson STEM Education Foundation · 251 American Innovators · wilkinsonstemfoundation.org
