Klaus Hasselmann

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Klaus Hasselmann

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Klaus Hasselmann
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

Born: 25 October 1931, Hamburg, Germany

Affiliation at the time of the award: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Prize motivation: "for the physical modelling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming."

Prize share: 1/4

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