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. 