Gilbert Norman Plass was a Canadian physicist who in the 1950s made predictions about the increase in global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in the 20th century and its effect on the average temperature of the planet that closely match measurements reported half a century later.
10 Facts About Gilbert Plass
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Gilbert Plass graduated from Harvard University in 1941 and earned a PhD in physics from Princeton University in 1947.
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Gilbert Plass worked as an associate physicist at the Metallurgical Laboratory of the University of Chicago from 1942 to 1945.
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Gilbert Plass became an instructor of physics at Johns Hopkins University in 1946, and eventually became an associate professor there.
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Gilbert Plass then joined the advanced research staff at the Aeronutronic division of the Ford Motor Company.
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In 1953 Gilbert Plass told Time magazine of his work on the effects of CO2 from industrial sources as a greenhouse gas, and the potential implications of an increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for global warming.
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From 1956 onwards, Gilbert Plass published a series of papers on the topic, partly based on advanced calculations of the absorption of infrared radiation, and he made use of early electronic computers.
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Gilbert Plass was an avid philatelist, and founded the United States Possessions Philatelic Society in 1978.
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Gilbert Plass then served as the editor of their journal, Possessions, for 14 years.
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Gilbert Plass hosted a classical-music oriented radio program called Collector's Choice on KAMU-FM for many years.