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Charles David Keeling

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American scientist (1928-2005)

United StatesScientistsLived 1928 to 2005 · aged 77
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Charles David Keeling was an American scientist whose recording of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory confirmed Svante Arrhenius's proposition (1896) of the possibility of anthropogenic contribution to the greenhouse effect and global warming, by documenting the steadily rising carbon dioxide...

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2005Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
2001National Medal of Science
1993Blue Planet Prize
1991Maurice Ewing Medal
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Charles David Keeling was an American scientist whose recording of atmospheric carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory confirmed Svante Arrhenius's proposition (1896) of the possibility of anthropogenic contribution to the greenhouse effect and global warming, by documenting the steadily rising carbon dioxide levels. The Keeling Curve measures the progressive buildup of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1928 to 2005 · aged 77
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