Charles David Keeling
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1928 – 2005
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Who was Charles David Keeling?
Charles David Keeling was an American scientist whose recording of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory first alerted the world to the possibility of anthropogenic contribution to the "greenhouse effect" and global warming. The Keeling Curve measures the progressive buildup of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere.
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- Born
- Apr 20, 1928
Scranton - Also known as
- Charles D. Keeling
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- PhD, Northwestern University
Chemistry
( - 1954)
- Lived in
- Scranton
- Hamilton
( - 2005/06/20)
- Died
- Jun 20, 2005
Hamilton
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on July 23, 2013
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