Google Doodle celebrates Dr. Mario Molina, Mexican Nobel laureate who helped save the ozone layer

GOOGLE DOODLE TODAY: March 19, 2023 Google Doodle celebrates the 80th birthday of Dr. Mario Molina, a Mexican chemist who successfully convinced governments to come together to save the planet’s ozone layer. Dr. Molina, co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was one of the researchers who uncovered how chemicals deplete the Earth’s ozone shield, which is vital for protecting humans, plants and wildlife from harmful ultraviolet light .

HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NOBELLAUREATE

1. Dr. Molina was born on March 19, 1943 in Mexico City. As a child, he was so passionate about science that he turned his bathroom into a makeshift laboratory. Nothing compares to the pleasure of watching tiny organisms slide across his toy microscope.
2. Dr. Molina went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a higher degree from the University of Freiburg in Germany.
3. After completing his studies, he moved to the United States to conduct postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, and later at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
4. In the early 1970s, Dr. Molina began researching how synthetic chemicals affect the Earth’s atmosphere.
5. He was one of the first to discover that chlorofluorocarbons (a chemical found in air conditioners, aerosol sprays, and more) break down ozone and allow ultraviolet radiation to reach the Earth’s surface.
6. He and his co-researchers published their findings in the journal Nature, which later won them the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
7. The groundbreaking research became the basis of the Montreal Protocol, an international treaty that successfully banned the production of nearly 100 ozone-depleting chemicals.
8. This international alliance is regarded as one of the most impactful environmental treaties ever made – a precedent that shows governments can work together effectively to tackle climate change.
9. He died of a heart attack on October 7, 2020 at the age of 77.
10. The Mario Molina Center, a leading research institute in Mexico, continues its work to create a more sustainable world.

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