Wallace Smith Broecker

Wallace Smith Broecker (November 29, 1931 – February 18, 2019) was an American geophysicist. He was the Newberry Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University.  He created the idea of a global "conveyor belt" and he was known for creating the term "global warming". Broecker received the Crafoord Prize and the Vetlesen Prize.

Broecker died in New York City on February 18, 2019 at the age of 87.

References

Other websites
 Glaciers That Speak in Tongues and other tales of global warming, by Wallace S. Broecker 
 Interview with Wally Broecker, August 31, 2008
 Oral History interview transcript with Wallace S. Broecker 14 November 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
 Oral History interview transcript with Wallace S. Broecker 29 December 1995, 8 May & 6 June 1997, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives
 Canadian Broadcast Corporation audio interview with Wallace S. Broecker 21 April, 1975, CBC Archives
 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards

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