The author of this story seems to have only talked to two scientists, Ewing and Donn. Others at the time were measuring and modelling CO2 absorption rates and emissions:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_scie...

William Donn doesn't appear to have many online tributes, but Maurice Ewing seems to have some interesting work as a geophysicist:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Ewing