The Silenced Women of STEM

Episode 14 - Eunice Foote: "One small Foote for mankind, One giant leap for climate change"


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Do you know who discovered climate change?

Most people would say John Tyndall, but that wouldn’t exactly be true. The actual first discoverer was a woman. But what's crazy is that she was almost completely erased from history. This is the story of Eunice Foote.

Sources:

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/happy-200th-birthday-eunice-foote-hidden-climate-science-pioneer

https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2023/07/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-eunice-foote

https://www.momscleanairforce.org/eunice-newton-foote/

https://www.schools.nyc.gov/learning/subjects/social-studies/hidden-voices/contentdetails/hidden-voices/2025/04/22/eunice-foote-the-nearly-forgotten-mother-of-climate-science

https://vitalsigns.edf.org/story/female-climate-scientist-youve-never-heard-should-have

https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/worlds-largest-survey-climate-change-out-heres-what-results-show

https://www.natureandculture.org/climate-change-and-extreme-weather/?utm_term=what%20is%20climate%20change&utm_campaign=BTD+%7C+Power+Page+%7C+Climate+Change&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=2265980610&hsa_cam=21703171123&hsa_grp=169004252044&hsa_ad=713379801246&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-289419804&hsa_kw=what%20is%20climate%20change&hsa_mt=b&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21703171123&gbraid=0AAAAADlRPw2FJs_GVRg0fDN_2ey0VEbnI&gclid=CjwKCAjw2brFBhBOEiwAVJX5GHE_IjvRla7pI2msasTfYOf7K9JexC4TLRiGSr5w3QPxe4o-F39b7BoC7UwQAvD_BwE

https://climatekids.nasa.gov/greenhouse-cards/

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsnr.2018.0066

https://www.independent.com/2018/05/10/john-perlin-rediscovers-feminist-crusader-who-discovered-climate-change/

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The Silenced Women of STEMBy Disha and Eva