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Mario José Molina Henríquez (19 March 1943 – 7 October 2020) was a Mexican physical chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole , and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in discovering the threat to the Earth's ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases.
Mario Molina, Mexican-born American chemist who won a share of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research in the 1970s concerning the decomposition of the ozonosphere, which shields Earth from dangerous solar radiation. Learn more about Molina’s life and work.
Oct 13, 2020 · Mario Molina, who shared a Nobel Prize for work showing the damage that chemicals used in hair spray and refrigerators wreak on the ozone layer, which led to one of the most successful...
Mario Molina (1943–2020) was the first to realize that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) could destroy ozone. In the two decades following his discovery, he and his mentor became voices alerting the world to the danger of CFCs and ozone depletion.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995 was awarded jointly to Paul J. Crutzen, Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland "for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone"
Oct 8, 2020 · Mario Molina, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry died Wednesday in his native Mexico City. His discovery of CFC's impact on the ozone layer was a key finding on climate...
Oct 7, 2020 · Mario J. Molina. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995. Born: 19 March 1943, Mexico City, Mexico. Died: 7 October 2020, Mexico City, Mexico. Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.
