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| Born | Paul Jozef Crutzen 3 December 1933 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 28 January 2021 (aged 87) Mainz, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Stockholm |
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| Thesis | Determination of parameters appearing in the "dry" and the "wet" photochemical theories for ozone in the stratosphere. (1968) |
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| Website | www |
Paul Jozef Crutzen (Dutch pronunciation: [pʌul ˈjoːzəf ˈkrʏtsə(n)]; 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021)[2][3] was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist.[4][5][6] In 1995, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Mario Molina and Frank Sherwood Rowland for their work on atmospheric chemistry and specifically for his efforts in studying the formation and decomposition of atmospheric ozone. In addition to studying the ozone layer and climate change, he popularized the term Anthropocene to describe a proposed new epoch in the Quaternary period when human actions have a drastic effect on the Earth. He was also amongst the first few scientists to introduce the idea of a nuclear winter to describe the potential climatic effects stemming from large-scale atmospheric pollution including smoke from forest fires, industrial exhausts, and other sources like oil fires.
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and an elected foreign member of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom.[7]
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- ^ Benner, Susanne, Ph.D. (29 January 2021). "Max Planck Institute for Chemistry mourns the loss of Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen". idw-online.de.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Paul J. Crutzen – Facts". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Paul J. Crutzen – Curriculum Vitae". NobelPrize.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020.
- ^ An Interview – Paul Crutzen talks to Harry Kroto Freeview video by the Vega Science Trust.
- ^ Müller, Rolf (2022). "Paul Jozef Crutzen. 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 72: 127–156. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2022.0011. S2CID 251743974.