Charles David Keeling (1928 - 2005)

Born 20 Apr 1928 in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 20 Jun 2005 at age 77 in Montana, United States

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Biography

Charles David Keeling (April 20, 1928 – June 20, 2005) was an American scientist whose measurements of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory provided a record of anthropogenic contribution to rising CO2 levels, which causes global warming. The Keeling Curve portrays the progressive buildup of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere on top of the seasonal variation which is cyclical (see figure at right).

Keeling worked at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 43 years during which time he published many influential papers. SIO Director Roger Revelle convinced Keeling to continue his work there. Revelle was also one of the founders of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957–58 and Keeling received IGY funding to establish a base on Mauna Loa in Hawaii, two miles (3,000 m) above sea level.

He married Louise Barthold on 28 July 1954 in Los Angeles, CA. His parents were Ralph Franklin Keeling and Grace Sherburne. Her parents were Walter Jensen Barthold and Josephine Salmon.

His son Ralph Keeling is a professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and continues his research on CO2 and global warming.

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"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSR9-QNR : accessed 6 December 2018), David C Kealing in household of Ralph Kealing, Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2130, sheet 31A, line 30, family 480, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 500; FHL microfilm 2,340,235.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWH1-FZZ : 15 March 2018), C David Keeling in household of Ralph F Keeling, Libertyville, Libertyville Township, Lake, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-50, sheet 15B, line 70, family 317, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 829.

"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8X9-B64 : 10 December 2017), Charles David Keeling and Louse Barthold, 28 Jul 1954; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,343,372.

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