Episode 024 - Eunice Newton Foote | Climate Scientist

Alternate Title: You, Nice Foot!

Emlyn tells Emma about Eunice Newton Foote, the climate scientist who discovered that carbon dioxide was the main cause of global warming, and Emma tells Emlyn about geckos and coffee! 

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Sources:

Main Story - Eunice Newton Foote

1. The Current, UC Santa Barbara, “Righting a Scientific Wrong”: http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2018/018985/righting-scientific-wrong
2. Wikipedia, “Eunice Newton Foote”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Newton_Foote#cite_note-genealogy-1
3. AAPG Search and Discovery, “Eunice Foote’s Pioneering Research on CO2 and Climate Warming: Update*”: http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/documents/2018/70317sorenson/ndx_sorenson.pdf.html
4. Smithsonian Magazine article by Leila McNeil entitled “This Lady Scientist Defined the Greenhouse Effect But Didn’t Get the Credit, Because Sexism”: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/lady-scientist-helped-revolutionize-climate-science-didnt-get-credit-180961291/
5. Think Progress article by Kyla Mandel entitled “This woman fundamentally changed climate science — and you’ve probably never heard of her”: https://thinkprogress.org/female-climate-scientist-eunice-foote-finally-honored-for-her-contributions-162-years-later-21b3cf08c70b/
6. “AMERICAN WOMEN IN SCIENCE BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR” by Elizabeth Wagner Reed: http://www.catherinecreed.com/assets/writings/women_in_science.pdf

 

Women who werk

Jessica Nirodi and co. describe how geckos (almost) walk on water.

1. 1. Pop Article: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/physics-how-geckos-almost-walk-water?tgt=nr
   2. Paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)31469-6#%20

Marilyn Cornelis and co. find that coffee drinkers are more likely to perceive bitterness of caffeine.

1. 1. Pop article: https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2018/11/genetic-variants-in-caffeine-perception/
   2. Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34713-z

 

Music

“Work” by Rihanna

“Mary Anning” by Artichoke

“PlasmaMash” by Daryl Bolling