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| + | '''Wallace S. Broecker''' [[Columbia College|CC]] [[1953|'53]] [[MA]] [[1954|'54]] [[PhD]] [[1957|'57]] (better known was '''Wally''') was the Newberry Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences. He was on the Columbia faculty from[[1959]] until his passing in [[2019]], and worked with the [[Earth Institute]] and [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]]. He was interested in the role of oceans on climate change, and is known for popularizing the term "global warming". Most undergraduates got to know him through [[Frontiers of Science]]. He wrote the book "Geochemistry for a Habitable Planet", which is the basis of a course by the same name at Columbia and Harvard. | ||
Professor Broecker has a suite of offices in the new [[Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building]] named after him. | Professor Broecker has a suite of offices in the new [[Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building]] named after him. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 18 September 2020
Wallace S. Broecker CC '53 MA '54 PhD '57 (better known was Wally) was the Newberry Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences. He was on the Columbia faculty from1959 until his passing in 2019, and worked with the Earth Institute and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. He was interested in the role of oceans on climate change, and is known for popularizing the term "global warming". Most undergraduates got to know him through Frontiers of Science. He wrote the book "Geochemistry for a Habitable Planet", which is the basis of a course by the same name at Columbia and Harvard.
Professor Broecker has a suite of offices in the new Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building named after him.
