Paul Crutzen, Nobel laureate who fought climate change, dies at 87
By John Schwartz New York Times,Updated February 5, 2021, 3:11 a.m.
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Paul J. Crutzen, a Dutch scientist who earned a Nobel Prize for work that warned the world about the threat of chemicals to the planetâs ozone layer and who went on to push for action against global warming, died Jan. 28 in Mainz, Germany. He was 87.
The Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz announced the death, in a hospital, but did not state the cause. Susanne Benner, a spokeswoman for the institute, said Crutzen had been treated for Parkinsonâs disease.