Climate research dates back at least two centuries, to Joseph Fourier’s discovery of the effects of greenhouse gases on planetary climates; in 1859, John Tyndall demonstrated in his laboratory which gases cause this effect. Detailed radiation measurements on the ground and from satellites have since proved the greenhouse effect’s existence.
气候研究始于两个世纪前，约瑟夫·傅里叶（Joseph Fourier）发现温室气体能影响行星的气候。1859年，约翰·丁达尔（John Tyndall）在实验室证明了哪种气体造成了这一效应。此后，详尽的地面和来自卫星的辐射测量证明了温室效应的存在。