A scientist trio has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for their fascinating contributions to our understanding of complex systems. Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi are the bright minds sharing the Nobel Physics Prize 2021, worth 10 million Swedish krona (8,53,18,483.02 INR ). Announcing the award, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science said that the prize was divided, one half awarded jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann for the “Physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming” and the other half to Giorgio Parisi for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.
“The discoveries being recognised this year demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation, based on a rigorous analysis of observations. This year’s Laureates have all contributed to us gaining deeper insight into the properties and evolution of complex physical systems,” said Thors Hans Hansson, chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.
Syukuro Manabe, Senior Meteorologist at Princeton University , has been awarded the Nobel for his demonstration on how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased temperatures at the surface of the Earth. His work laid the foundation for the development of current climate models.
Klaus Hasselmann, professor at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany, has been recognised for creating a model that links together weather and climate. His methods have been used to prove that the increased temperature in the atmosphere is due to human emissions of carbon dioxide.
Giorgio Parisi, professor at Sapienza University of Rome, has been recognised as a Nobel laureate for his discovery of hidden patterns in disordered complex materials. His discoveries are among the most important contributions to the theory of complex systems.
Reference : NobelPrize.Org
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