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.
Svante Arrhenius was a big name and published in 1896 but the required scale was considered ludicrous at the time. It’s only after about 1950 that humanity became a geological force. And 1980s when mainstream climate science made the severe mistake of pegging climate sensitivity wrong, making us believe we still had time. Arguably only very recently (5-10 years) we realized how screwed we are.
Svante Arrhenius was a big name and published in 1896 but the required scale was considered ludicrous at the time. It’s only after about 1950 that humanity became a geological force. And 1980s when mainstream climate science made the severe mistake of pegging climate sensitivity wrong, making us believe we still had time. Arguably only very recently (5-10 years) we realized how screwed we are.