RIP Wallace Broecker, the scientist who changed the way we think about the climate

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By Kate YoderFeb 19, 2019, 7:24 pm250 pts
Wallace Broecker, the geochemist who popularized the phrase “global warming,” passed away on Monday at 87. His research changed our understanding of oceans and how we think and talk about climate change. “The climate system is an angry beast, and we are poking it with sticks,” he said some 20 years ago.…

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