Work on complex systems, including Earth’s climate, wins the physics Nobel Prize

Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi each found hidden patterns in disordered systems

visualization of ocean surface currents in the oceans around the Americas

Syukuro Manabe’s and Klaus Hasselmann’s work laid the foundation for simulations that capture the immense complexity of climate and other Earth systems such as ocean surface currents, shown in this visualization.

Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/NASA

Earth’s climate is a vastly complex system on a grand scale.