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The 'Greenhouse Effect' was first discovered and modeled in the 19th century by which scientist?
AAlbert Einstein
BJoseph Fourier
CIsaac Newton
DCharles Darwin
✓ Correct Answer: B — Joseph Fourier
Joseph Fourier is credited with first describing the greenhouse effect in 1824, though others like Tyndall and Arrhenius later quantified it.
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