A Climate Change with Matt Matern Climate Podcast

Susan Solomon (b. 1956) is an American atmospheric chemist renowned for her work at NOAA, where she and her colleagues were the first to identify the chlorofluorocarbon free-radical reactions that drive the Antarctic ozone hole. In 2011 she became the Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science at MIT, and her 2024 book Solvable outlines how past environmental victories can guide current climate solutions. A member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences, and the French Academy of Sciences, Solomon was honored by Discover as one of the 50 most important women in science (2002) and named one of Time’s 100 most influential people (2008), and she serves on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board.