Susan Solomon is an American atmospheric chemist, born in 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. She and her colleagues were the first to propose the chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole, and she led expeditions to Antarctica in 1986 and 1987 that gathered ground based evidence confirming the mechanism and measuring chlorine oxide levels far higher than expected. Her research helped lay the scientific foundation for the Montreal Protocol, the international agreement regulating ozone depleting chemicals.
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Susan Solomon (born 1956) is an American atmospheric chemist, working for most of her career at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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1956
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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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was the first to propose the chlorofluorocarbon free radical reaction mechanism that is the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole
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citizen of United States
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born in Chicago
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