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concluded the oceans absorb only about 20 percent
of the CO2 emitted annually from fossil fuels and
other human activities. The paper earned Takahashi
a "Champions of the Earth" prize from the United
Nations.
Columbia scientist Taro Takahashi helped review and process the
climate-related data collected aboard Exxon's Esso Atlantic tanker.
(Credit: Taro Takahashi)
Other research ideas that bubbled up in those days
were even more imaginative.
Shaw and Garvey sketched out a second project to
determine how much carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere was attributable to fossil fuels as
compared to deforestation. Shaw's team proposed
measuring the carbon isotopes—a chemical
fingerprint—in 100 bottles of vintage French wine
over time. To ensure data quality, they would only
sample wine from long-established vineyards that
kept careful records of temperatures and growing
conditions. In the same file was a New York Times
review by wine critic Frank Prial of classic Bordeaux
vintages, including a $300 Lafite-Rothschild bottle
from 1945.
"The C-isotope studies of biological material also
appear useful and novel," David Slade, the head of
App. 521
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