A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine SciencePast Recipient, Dr. W.S. Broecker(1985) |
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Dr.
W.S. Broecker has been chosen as the
eighth recipient of the A.G. HUNTSMAN
Award for his outstanding geochemical
studies that have had a profound impact
on our understanding of the past,
present, and predicted future oceans. As
a result of his deep insight and guided
by the desire to obtain a description of
how the ocean "works", Dr.
Broecker has developed revolutionary new
ideas on geochemical processes, both
within the ocean and between the ocean
and atmosphere, that span the disciplines
of chemistry, physics, and biology and
occur over times ranging from seconds to
eons. In his voluminous scientific
publications, Dr. Broecker describes work
that has led to a new generation of ocean
models capable of addressing profound and
sometimes crucial geochemical questions
such as the role of the oceans in
determining the amount of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere. 