Roland JacksonOct 25, 20218 minDid Eunice Foote discover the 'greenhouse effect'?The story of the American Eunice Foote and the discovery of the greenhouse effect has become a contested issue in the history of climate...
Roland JacksonDec 22, 20199 minThe saga of Eunice Foote and John TyndallWho knew what about Eunice Foote’s 1856 discovery of the absorption of heat by carbon dioxide and water vapour? UPDATE 13 February 2019:...
Roland JacksonMay 17, 20194 minWho discovered the greenhouse effect?160 years ago, on 18 May 1859, the Irish physicist John Tyndall wrote in his journal ‘the subject is completely in my hands’. This is no...
Roland JacksonDec 17, 20182 minElton HallElton Hall, home of the Proby family since 1660, lies in the Cambridgeshire countryside about 8 miles from Peterborough. It is regularly...