F. Sherwood Rowland
American chemist (1927–2012)
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Rowland cracked the CFC-ozone depletion link in the 1970s, the chemistry finding that reshaped global environmental policy. Nobel laureate whose atmospheric research made him a fixture in climate conversations for decades.
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Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.
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