Mario Molina

Table of Contents

• Introduction.................................pg3
• When I was born.........................pg4
• Where I studied...........................pg6
• My discovery...............................pg7
• What are my honorary degrees....pg8
• Honest video...............................pg9
• Famous Quote........................................pg10
• Glossary.....................................pg11
• Citations.....................................pg12
• Index..........................................pg13

Who helped discover the hole in the ozone?

When I Was Born

• I was born on 03/19/1943
• Mexico City, Mexico

Where I Studied

• I studied in Switzerland, Mexico, and Germany
• I studied at the University of California, Berkeley.

My Discovery

• I discovered the Antarctic ozone hole.
• I researched the threat of CFCs to the ozone layer in the stratosphere.
• I continued Rowland's pioneering research into "hot atom" chemistry

What Are My Honorary Degrees?

• Yale University
• Tufts University
• Duke University
• Harvard University
• Mexican Federal Universities: National of Mexico, Metropolitana, Chapingo, National Polytechnic
• U.S. Universities: Miami, Florida International, Southern Florida, Claremont Graduate
• Canadian Universities: Calgary, Waterloo, British Columbia
• European Universities: East Anglia, Alfonso X, Complutense of Madrid, Free of Brussels
• Won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• President Obama awarded me the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Honest Video

Famous Quote"Many Latino kids should become scientists because we need scientists all over the world from all different backgrounds. We have many tough problems, and we need everybody's help to solve the problems."- Mario Molina https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mario_j_molina_728577

Glossary

• CFCs- a class of compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, typically gases used in refrigerants and aerosol propellants. They are harmful to the ozone layer in the earth's atmosphere owing to the release of chlorine atoms upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
• Ozone-a form of oxygen, O 3 , with a peculiar odor suggesting that of weak chlorine, produced when an electric spark or ultraviolet light is passed through air or oxygen. It is found in the atmosphere in minute quantities, especially after a thunderstorm, is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is thus biologically corrosive. In the upper atmosphere, it absorbs ultraviolet rays, thereby preventing them from reaching the surface of the earth. It is used for bleaching, sterilizing water, etc.

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Citations

• https://www.brainyquote.com/
• https://pebblego.com/
• http://www.dictionary.com/

Citations

• https://www.haikudeck.com
• https://www.google.com

Index

• My Discovery pg6
• Honest Video pg8
• Citations pg12,pg13