Physics Nobel Prize Rewards Work on Climate Change
2021-10-06
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1Three scientists will share this year's Nobel prize for physics for their findings about how complex physical systems operate.
2The Nobel physics committee announced the winners Tuesday.
3They are Syukuro Manabe of Princeton University in the United States, Klaus Hasselmann of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany and Giorgio Parisi of the Sapienza University of Italy.
4"The discoveries being recognized this year demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation," said the leader of the award's physics committee.
5Manabe and Hasselmann were honored for "the physical modeling of Earth's climate" as well as "reliably predicting global warming," officials said.
6Parisi is honored for his early 1980s discovery of "hidden rules" behind disordered movements in physical systems from the atomic to the planet level.
7The Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize.
8It said in a statement, "Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth's climate and how humanity influences it.
9Giorgio Parisi won the honor for his revolutionary contributions to the theory of disordered materials and random processes," the Academy said.
10All three scientists work on what are known as "complex systems," of which climate is just one example.
11Manabe and Hasselmann looked into large global forces that shape daily lives.
12Starting in the 1960s, Manabe created the first climate models that predicted what would happen as carbon dioxide built up in the atmosphere.
13The inventive method led to more exact predictions on climate change based on carbon pollution levels.
14About ten years later, Hasselmann helped explain why climate models work for weather predicting.
15He also developed ways to look for signs of human influence on the climate.
16After winning the award, Hasselmann told The Associated Press he "would rather have no global warming and no Nobel prize.''
17Co-winner Manabe called climate change a major crisis when he spoke to the AP after the announcement.
18Manabe said learning the physics behind the processes was "1,000 times" easier than getting the world to do something about it.
19Parisi's work involves processes within atoms.
20The Academy praised his work that "built a deep physical and mathematical model" that made it possible to understand complex systems in fields like mathematics, biology, brain science and machine learning.
21The Academy will present the Nobel award to the three scientists in a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10.
22Manabe and Hasselmann will share half of the 1.1 million dollars in prize money.
23Parisi will receive the other half.
24I'm Dan Novak.
1Three scientists will share this year's Nobel prize for physics for their findings about how complex physical systems operate. 2The Nobel physics committee announced the winners Tuesday. They are Syukuro Manabe of Princeton University in the United States, Klaus Hasselmann of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany and Giorgio Parisi of the Sapienza University of Italy. 3"The discoveries being recognized this year demonstrate that our knowledge about the climate rests on a solid scientific foundation," said the leader of the award's physics committee. 4Manabe and Hasselmann were honored for "the physical modeling of Earth's climate" as well as "reliably predicting global warming," officials said. 5Parisi is honored for his early 1980s discovery of "hidden rules" behind disordered movements in physical systems from the atomic to the planet level. 6The Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Nobel Prize. It said in a statement, "Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth's climate and how humanity influences it. 7Giorgio Parisi won the honor for his revolutionary contributions to the theory of disordered materials and random processes," the Academy said. 8All three scientists work on what are known as "complex systems," of which climate is just one example. 9Manabe and Hasselmann looked into large global forces that shape daily lives. 10Starting in the 1960s, Manabe created the first climate models that predicted what would happen as carbon dioxide built up in the atmosphere. The inventive method led to more exact predictions on climate change based on carbon pollution levels. 11About ten years later, Hasselmann helped explain why climate models work for weather predicting. He also developed ways to look for signs of human influence on the climate. After winning the award, Hasselmann told The Associated Press he "would rather have no global warming and no Nobel prize.'' 12Co-winner Manabe called climate change a major crisis when he spoke to the AP after the announcement. Manabe said learning the physics behind the processes was "1,000 times" easier than getting the world to do something about it. 13Parisi's work involves processes within atoms. 14The Academy praised his work that "built a deep physical and mathematical model" that made it possible to understand complex systems in fields like mathematics, biology, brain science and machine learning. 15The Academy will present the Nobel award to the three scientists in a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10. Manabe and Hasselmann will share half of the 1.1 million dollars in prize money. Parisi will receive the other half. 16I'm Dan Novak. 17Dan Novak adapted this story for VOA Learning English based on reporting by The Associated Press and Reuters. Caty Weaver was the editor. 18__________________________________________________ 19Words in This Story 20reliable - adj. able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed : able to be relied on 21global - adj. involving the entire world 22foundation - n. something (such as an idea, a principle, or a fact) that provides support for something 23contribution - n. something that is given to help a person, a cause, etc. 24random - adj. chosen, done, etc., without a particular plan or pattern