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Wallace Smith Broecker
March 3 , 2019
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- The Climate scientist, Wallace Smith Broecker, who popularised the term “global warming” has died.
- Broecker brought “global warming” into common use with a 1975 article that correctly predicted rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would lead to pronounced warming.
- The article published by him in 1975 was titled “Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?””
- He was also a pioneer in radiocarbon and isotope dating and became the first person to recognise the ocean conveyor belt, a global network of currents affecting everything from air temperature to rain patterns.
- His notable awards include,
- Vetlesen Prize in 1987
- Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement in 2002.
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