Man who popularized ‘global warming’ dies

Man who popularized ‘global warming’ dies

AgenciesUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 02:12 AM IST
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New York: A climate scientist who popularised the term ‘global warming’ has died. Wallace Smith Broecker was 87. Columbia University said the longtime professor and researcher died on Monday at a New York City hospital. A spokesman for the university’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory said Broecker had been ailing in recent months.

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