Taro Takahashi papers, 1950s-2010s
Collection context
- Creator:
- Takahashi, Taro
- Extent:
- 20 Linear Feet 16 record cartons
- Language:
- English .
- Scope and content:
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Research data, publications (draft and published), grant proposals and related documentation, conference materials, correspondence, teaching/course materials, reference files on CO2 research, and personnel information created by or with Earth and Environmental professor Taro Takahashi.
- Biographical / historical:
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Taro Takahashi, a seagoing scientist who made key discoveries about carbon dioxide and the earth's climate, died Dec. 3 in Englewood, N.J. He was 89. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Takahashi and his colleagues documented how the oceans both absorb and give off huge amounts of carbon dioxide, exchanging it with the atmosphere. As a result, among many other things, scientists now know that a large part of modern humanity's carbon emissions reside in ocean waters--at least for now.
Takahashi was born in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1930 He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in mining engineering in 1953 He earned a PhD in geology from Columbia University in 1957 He became a U.S. citizen in 1961
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Material is unprocessed. Please contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Terms of access:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Preferred citation:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Taro Takahashi Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- Location of this collection:
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