2021 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Syukuro Manabe
On October 5, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the award of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics to Japanese-American Syukuro Manabe (90), Senior Researcher at Princeton University, and two other scientists. Manabe, from Shikokuchuo City, Ehime, developed a climate change model that included atmospheric and ocean circulation. His achievements in focusing on greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, and his continuing pioneering research on predicting global warming were highly evaluated.
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