A generation that formulated our early substantial alarms about what we're doing to our planet, our habitat, is leaving us behind. I just learned, via @petergleick , that Bob Dickinson has passed, a towering scientist on climate and its interactions with other elements of Earth.

In the obituary Peter linked
https://fromtheprow.agu.org/robert-e-dickinson-obituary/
this sentence: "Dr. Dickinson often spoke of his collaborations with community as being the most critical part of his work."

I can personally confirm that:

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