Perspectives on the importance of complex systems in understanding ourclimate and climate change -- The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

TL;DR

This paper reviews the Nobel laureates' groundbreaking work on complex systems, emphasizing its significance in advancing our understanding of climate change and outlining future research directions in climate science.

Contribution

It highlights the key contributions of Nobel laureates to complex systems and climate science, and discusses their relevance to current understanding and future research.

Findings

Advances in modeling climate systems

Identification of key complex system behaviors

Open questions in climate science

Abstract

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded to Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi for their 'groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems' including major advances in the understanding of our climate and climate change. In this perspective article, we review their key contributions and discuss their relevance in relation to the present understanding of our climate. We conclude by outlining some promising research directions and open questions in climate science.