Mario Molina was one of the researchers (along with Paul J. Crutzen and F. Sherwood Roland) who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work revealing how chemicals are depleting the Earth’s ozone shield.
Google Sunday marked the 80th birthday of Mexican chemist Mario Molina, who has played a very important role in raising awareness around the world about the depletion of the Earth’s ozone layer.
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He managed to bring several governments together to prevent the depletion of the ozone layer. Molina was one of the researchers (along with Paul J. Crutzen and F. Sherwood Roland) who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work revealing how chemicals are depleting the Earth’s ozone shield.
In the early 1970s, Molina began research into how synthetic chemicals affect the Earth’s atmosphere. He was also one of the first to discover that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) deplete ozone and cause ultraviolet radiation to reach the earth’s surface.
This research led to the Montreal Protocol – a multilateral agreement that regulates the production and consumption of man-made chemicals or ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
However, his passion for science goes back a long way. Once he is even said to have turned his bathroom into a makeshift laboratory.
After receiving his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of Freiburg, he did postdoctoral research at the University of California and later at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
