Roger Revelle

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Roger Revelle was an American oceanographer and climate scientist whose pioneering research on the carbon cycle helped establish the modern understanding of global warming.

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instanceOf climate scientist
human
oceanographer
university administrator
academicDegree PhD in oceanography
areaOfInfluence climate policy
environmental science education
awardReceived National Medal of Science
V. M. Goldschmidt Award NERFINISHED
coAuthor Hans Suess NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1909-03-07
dateOfDeath 1991-07-15
educatedAt Pomona College NERFINISHED
University of California, Berkeley
employer Harvard University
Scripps Institution of Oceanography NERFINISHED
University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED
familyName Revelle NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork carbon cycle research
climatology
geophysics
oceanography
givenName Roger
hasHonorificNamesake R/V Roger Revelle (research vessel) NERFINISHED
Revelle College, University of California, San Diego NERFINISHED
Revelle Medal (American Geophysical Union) NERFINISHED
influenced Charles David Keeling NERFINISHED
knownFor helping establish modern understanding of global warming
highlighting limits of ocean CO2 absorption
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Academy of Sciences (United States) NERFINISHED
notableFor early research on anthropogenic global warming
pioneering research on the carbon cycle
notableStudent Charles David Keeling NERFINISHED
notableWork Paper with Hans Suess on atmospheric carbon dioxide increase
Revelle factor concept in ocean chemistry
placeOfBirth Seattle, Washington, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath San Diego, California, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Professor of science and public policy at Harvard University
Science advisor to the U.S. government
sexOrGender male
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED
La Jolla, California, United States NERFINISHED

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Revelle College namedAfter Roger Revelle
El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, California, United States hasNotableBurial Roger Revelle
subject surface form: El Camino Memorial Park