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Charles David Keeling (April 20, 1928 – June 20, 2005) was an American scientist whose recording of 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 ...
Sep 14, 2005 · Pioneer in the modern science of climate change. Numerous records now show how we humans are altering the planet, with potentially global consequences for climate. But the first and now...
Apr 20, 2021 · When climate scientist Charles D. Keeling was born on April 20, 1928, carbon dioxide (CO 2) was approximately 307 parts per million (ppm) and Earth’s global temperature averaged a whole degree cooler than it does today.
Charles David Keeling, of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, was the first person to make frequent regular measurements of atmospheric CO 2 concentrations in Antarctica, and on Mauna Loa, Hawaii from March 1958 onwards. [8] .
Charles David Keeling was the first scientist who committed his entire career to the long-term observation of climate change through the Keeling Curve, which has measured the earth’s CO₂ concentration since 1958.
Charles David Keeling Biography. Charles David Keeling was affiliated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, from 1956 until his death in 2005. His major areas of interest included the geochemistry of carbon and oxygen and other aspects of atmospheric chemistry, with an emphasis on the carbon cycle in ...
Charles David Keeling 1928–2005. Pioneer in the modern science of climate change. Numerous records now show how we humans are altering the planet, with potentially global consequences for...
