2021 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for climate science research
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Scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi have jointly won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics. They won the prize for their work to understand complex systems such as Earth’s climate.
Manabe is an American citizen while Hasselman is German and Parisi is Italian.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that they have honoured Manabe and Hasselmann jointly for their work that has helped develop computer models of Earth’s climate. This could predict the impact of global warming.
Their research
Syukuro Manabe showed how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could lead to warmer temperatures at the surface of Earth. Then, he developed physical models of the climate. About 10 years later, Klaus Hasselmann created a computer model that linked together weather and climate.
Giorgio Parisi’s work is slightly different. His experiment involves a metal alloy called spin glass. The behaviour of the atoms in this alloy is seen as a microcosm for the complex functioning of Earth’s climate.
What is a microcosm?
A microcosm is something that is a small example of something larger.
The prize would normally be awarded in Stockholm, Sweden in December. But due to the pandemic, instead, the winners will receive their medals and awards in their home countries.
After the Nobel Prize in Physics announcement today, they will announce the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tomorrow.
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