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1824<\/p>\n

French mathematician and physicist Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier first hypothesizes that the atmosphere plays a significant role in mediating temperature on Earth<\/p>\n

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Fourier, in the article \u201cGeneral Remarks on the Temperature of the Earth and Outer Space,\u201d likens the effect of the Earth\u2019s atmosphere in regulating global temperature to a glass covered box: \u201cThe temperature [of the Earth] can be augmented by the interposition of the atmosphere, because heat in the state of light finds less resistance in penetrating the air, than in re-passing into the air when converted into non-luminous heat.\u201d This analogy would ultimately inspire the term \u201cgreenhouse effect.\u201d*<\/p>\n

*<\/sup>Joseph Fourier, \u201cRemarques G\u00e9n\u00e9rales sur les Temp\u00e9ratures Du Globe Terrestre et des Espaces Plan\u00e9taires.\u201d\u00a0Annales de Chemie et de Physique<\/em>\u00a027: 136-67 (1824), translation by Ebeneser Burgess, \u201cGeneral Remarks on the Temperature of the Earth and Outer Space,\u201d\u00a0American Journal of Science<\/em>\u00a032: 1-20 (1837). Cited in: Spencer Weart, The Discovery of Global Warming: A hypertext history of how scientists came to (partly) understand what people are doing to cause climate change,\u201d <\/em>January\u00a02017, http:\/\/history.aip.org\/climate\/simple.htm#L_M085<\/a>; Dr. Weart\u2019s website is a valuable resource for those who would like to delve deeper into climate science.\u00a0 He also offers a rich collection of photographs of key players, graphs, and other illustrations at http:\/\/history.aip.org\/climate\/illus.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo: Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=33502<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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