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I hadn't seen the Fourier paper before, nice. He doesn't really go into CO2 but focuses more on general atmosphere heating. I really appreciate the translator'
by perrygeo 3y ago
I hadn't seen the Fourier paper before, nice. He doesn't really go into CO2 but focuses more on general atmosphere heating. I really appreciate the translator's notes.
Eunice Foot (1856) and John Tyndall (1859) independently characterized how CO2 absorbs radiant heat, and both postulated on the potential climate impacts. Tyndall is often given the credit as the founder of climate science but Foot was first.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2018.0066 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2018.006...
- reaperman 3y agoThank you for pointing that out. It was nice to have a reason to read the translation much more carefully. It's clear that Fourier understood there existed some greenhouse effects from the atmosphere, but didn't have a strong grasp on details of those effects. And as you say, it doesn't talk about CO2.