Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote Posted bySylvia G. Dee October 31, 2021 Leave a comment on Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s – thanks to a woman named Eunice Foote The results of Foote's simple experiments were confirmed through hundreds of tests by scientists in the US and Europe. It happened more than a century ago.