| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:person 
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                                | gptkbp:almaMater | gptkb:Columbia_University 
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                                | gptkbp:awardReceived | gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Tyler_Prize_for_Environmental_Achievement
 gptkb:Balzan_Prize
 gptkb:Crafoord_Prize
 gptkb:Vetlesen_Prize
 
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                                | gptkbp:birthDate | 1931-11-29 
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                                | gptkbp:birthPlace | gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:causeOfDeath | congestive heart failure 
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                                | gptkbp:children | 6 
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                                | gptkbp:deathDate | 2019-02-18 
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                                | gptkbp:deathPlace | gptkb:New_York,_New_York,_USA 
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                                | gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor | gptkb:J._Laurence_Kulp 
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                                | gptkbp:employer | gptkb:Columbia_University 
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                                | gptkbp:fieldOfWork | geochemistry oceanography
 climatology
 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Wallace_Smith_Broecker 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | climate science oceanography
 Earth system science
 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | pioneering research on the ocean's role in climate change popularizing the term 'global warming'
 work on the global carbon cycle
 work on the ocean conveyor belt
 
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                                | gptkbp:memberOf | gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
 
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                                | gptkbp:nationality | gptkb:American 
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                                | gptkbp:notableWork | gptkb:How_to_Build_a_Habitable_Planet Climatic Change: Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?
 The Great Ocean Conveyor
 
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                                | gptkbp:occupation | gptkb:geologist gptkb:scientist
 
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                                | gptkbp:publishedIn | gptkb:Nature gptkb:science
 numerous scientific journals
 
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                                | gptkbp:spouse | gptkb:Elizabeth_Clark Grace Carder
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Harmon_Craig 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Wallace S. Broecker 
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