- Climate Scientist Wallace Smith Broecker was an American Geophysicist passed away at the age 88 in New York, USA.
- Mr. Broecker brought "global warming" into common use with a 1975 paper that correctly predicted rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would lead to pronounced warming.
- Mr. Broecker was also first to recognize what he called the Ocean Conveyor Belt, a global system of ocean currents circulating water and nutrients. He joined Columbia's faculty in 1959 and was known in science circles as the "Grandfather of Climate Science".
Published On : 20 Feb 2019
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