Mario and the Hole in the Sky
How a Chemist Saved Our Planet
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: 40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster.
Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were tearing a hole in the earth's protective ozone layer. Mario knew the world had to be warned--and quickly. Today Mario is a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming.
Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were tearing a hole in the earth's protective ozone layer. Mario knew the world had to be warned--and quickly. Today Mario is a Nobel laureate and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His inspiring story gives hope in the fight against global warming.
Subjects:
Molina, Mario J. -- Juvenile literature.
Chemists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Nobel Prize winners -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ozone layer depletion -- Juvenile literature.
Atmospheric ozone -- Juvenile literature.
Air -- Pollution -- Juvenile literature.
Molina, Mario J. -- Juvenile literature.
Chemists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Nobel Prize winners -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Ozone layer depletion -- Juvenile literature.
Atmospheric ozone -- Juvenile literature.
Air -- Pollution -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781580895811 (reinforced for library use)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Molina, Mario J. | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Molina, Mario J. | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Molina, Mario J. | Southeast | Children's Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references.