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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.
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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.
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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
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