Susan Solomon is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, and the French Academy of Sciences.
14 Facts About Susan Solomon
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In 2008, Susan Solomon was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Susan Solomon serves on the Science and Security Board for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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Susan Solomon received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Illinois Institute of Technology in 1977.
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Susan Solomon was the head of the Chemistry and Climate Processes Group of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Chemical Sciences Division until 2011.
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Susan Solomon, working with colleagues at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, postulated the mechanism that the Antarctic ozone hole was created by a heterogeneous reaction of ozone and chlorofluorocarbons free radicals on the surface of ice particles in the high altitude clouds that form over Antarctica.
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In 1986 and 1987 Susan Solomon led the National Ozone Expedition to McMurdo Sound, where the team gathered the evidence to confirm the accelerated reactions.
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Susan Solomon was the solo leader of the expedition, and the only woman on the team.
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Susan Solomon's team measured levels of chlorine oxide 100 times higher than expected in the atmosphere, which had been released by the decomposition of chlorofluorocarbons by ultraviolet radiation.
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Susan Solomon later showed that volcanoes could accelerate the reactions caused by chlorofluorocarbons, and so increase the damage to the ozone layer.
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Susan Solomon has presented some research which suggests that implementation of the Montreal Protocols is having a positive effect.
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Susan Solomon has defended Scott and said that "modern data side squarely with Scott", describing the weather conditions in 1911 as unusual.
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Susan Solomon was a contributing author for the Third Assessment Report.
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Susan Solomon was co-chair of Working Group I for the Fourth Assessment Report.