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Who discovered the greenhouse effect?

AIsaac Newton

BJoseph Fourier

CAlbert Einstein

DGalileo Galilei

Answer:

B. Joseph Fourier

Read Explanation:

The greenhouse effect is the phenomenon in which thermal radiation rising from the Earth is reflected back to its surface. It was discovered by Joseph Fourier.


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