Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

by Elizabeth Rusch

Book Overview

The true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster.

Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who helped solve the ozone crisis of the 1980s. Growing up in Mexico City, Mario was a curious boy who studied hidden worlds through a microscope. As a young man in California, he discovered that CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were tearing a hole in the earth's protective ozone layer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580895816
• ISBN13: 9781580895811
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.7" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4