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Richard P. Turco
(9 Mar 1943 - )
American atmospheric chemist who has contributed more than one hundred articles to scientific journals. He published books on the nuclear arms race, and on global warming.
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Science Quotes by Richard P. Turco (1 quote)
Global nuclear war could have a major impact on climate—manifested by significant surface darkening over many weeks, subfreezing land temperatures persisting for up to several months, large perturbations in global circulation patterns, and dramatic changes in local weather and precipitation rates—a harsh “nuclear winter” in any season. [Co-author with Carl Sagan]
— Richard P. Turco
In 'Nuclear Winter: Global Consequences of Multiple Nuclear Explosions', Science (1983), 222, 1290.
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- 9 Mar - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Turco's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
