Google Doodle Celebrating Mario Molina's 80th Birthday

a Mexican chemist who successfully convinced governments to come together to save the planet’s ozone layer

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A co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Dr. Molina was one of the researcher

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who exposed how chemicals deplete Earth’s ozone shield

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which is vital to protecting humans, plants, and wildlife from harmful ultraviolet light.

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Dr. Molina was born on this day in 1943 in Mexico City

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As a child, he was so passionate about science that he turned his bathroom into a makeshift laboratory

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Dr. Molina went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico

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