6/ "He commented on the scientific and social debates that followed his proposal on the concept of the Anthropocene: 'I see the debate as an opportunity to achieve the ecological reorientation that is urgently needed.'" https://t.co/uv6qcGdEdC
4/ So critical!🙏 "discovered [atm. effects from] nuclear war could lead to a 'nuclear winter' resulting in a dramatic decline of the Earth’s habitability. His findings were essential contributions to the global ... achievements in nuclear disarmament." ht
@normonics "Noting that nobody had worried about the atmospheric consequences of the release of Cl or Br before 1974, I can only conclude that we have been extremely lucky" P. Crutzen. Full story is available here https://t.co/IwkGrVS13J
Crutzen, Rowland, and Molina - practically saved us from ourselves by discovering that CFCs were destroying earth’s protective ozone layer. Error: 1995 Nobel laureates! Molina was my PhD advisor. Read more on Crutzen’s work here: https://t.co/xBjrehzt3y