A SCIENTIFIC HERO

MIREYA

Massachusetts, 1995

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Who could have guessed that I, a quiet, shy

immigrant from Uruguay, would ever

have the chance to learn from the same

earth, atmosphere, and planetary science

professor—Dr. Mario Molina—who won

the Nobel Prize!

Born in Mexico and educated in Europe,

he earned his doctorate in California,

where he researched the damaging effects

of certain chemicals used in air conditioners

and refrigerators, compounds that have now

been completely banned all over the world,

because the brilliant Dr. Molina proved

that they were destroying

our earth’s

precious

atmosphere.

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One scientist

can make

such a difference!

Imagine a whole team of minds, struggling

to understand climate change, so that we

can solve atmospheric problems

before it is too late

to correct

our careless

everyday

mistakes.