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<p><b>Richard „Rich“ Peter Turco</b> (* <a href="9._M%C3%A4rz" title="9. März">9. März</a> <a href="1943" title="1943">1943</a> in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ist ein US-amerikanischer Klimawissenschaftler.
</p><p>Turco studierte Elektrotechnik an der <a href="Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss 1965 und an der <a href="University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana-Champaign" title="University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</a> mit dem Master-Abschluss 1967 und der Promotion in Elektrotechnik 1971. Danach war er bis 1988 bei R&D Associates als Wissenschaftler in der Atmosphären-Forschung. 1988 wurde er Professor in der Abteilung Atmospheric Science an der <a href="University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles" title="University of California, Los Angeles">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (UCLA). 1997 bis 2004 war er Direktor des Institute for Environment der UCLA.
</p><p>Er forschte über Photochemie des Ozons und das Ozonloch, Chemie und Mikrophysik von Aerosolen, Luftverschmutzung in Städten, globalen Klimawandel und Effekt von Staubwolken bei Einschlägen von Meteoriten (was auch zu Forschung über <a href="Nuklearer_Winter" title="Nuklearer Winter">Nuklearen Winter</a> mit <a href="Carl_Sagan" title="Carl Sagan">Carl Sagan</a> führte).
</p><p>1985 erhielt er den <a href="Leo_Szilard_Lectureship_Award" title="Leo Szilard Lectureship Award">Leo Szilard Lectureship Award</a>. 1986 war er <a href="MacArthur_Fellowship" title="MacArthur Fellowship">MacArthur Fellow</a>. 1983 und 1988 erhielt er den H. Julian Allen Award der <a href="NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>. Er ist Fellow der <a href="American_Geophysical_Union" title="American Geophysical Union">American Geophysical Union</a> (AGU).
</p><p>1981 bis 1991 war er Associate Editor des <i>Journal of Geophysical Research</i>. 1992 bis 1994 leitete er die Abteilung Atmospheric Science der AGU.
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<ul><li>mit <a href="Carl_Sagan" title="Carl Sagan">Carl Sagan</a>: A Path Where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race, Random House 1990</li>
<li>Earth under Siege: From Air Pollution to Global Change, Oxford UP 2002</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/person/richard-turco/">Webseite an der UCLA</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Geburts- und Karrieredaten bis 2004 nach <i>American Men and Women of Science</i>, Thomson Gale 2004</span>
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