American chemist (1927–2012)
He proved that everyday spray cans and refrigerants were punching a hole in the sky's protective layer — then spent years convincing a skeptical world to act.
Frank Sherwood Rowland was born June 28, 1927, and built a career studying atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics at the University of California, Irvine. His research identified chlorofluorocarbons — compounds ubiquitous in consumer products — as agents of ozone depletion, a finding that redrew industrial regulation worldwide. The work earned him a Nobel Prize and turned a chemistry professor into an architect of environmental policy. He died March 10, 2012.
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After all, what's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions, if in the end all we're willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true.
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