A Triad of Networks and a Triad of Fusions for the Other Climate Crisis

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Main Authors: Porcu, Emilio, Filosi, Tobia, Simon, Horst
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author Porcu, Emilio
Filosi, Tobia
Simon, Horst
author_facet Porcu, Emilio
Filosi, Tobia
Simon, Horst
contents Shaw and Stevens call for a new paradigm in climate science criticizes Large Scale Determinism in favor of (i) embracing discrepancies, (ii) embracing hierarchies, and (iii) create disruption while keeping interpretability. The last 20 years have seen a plethora of contributions relating complex networks with climate data and climate models. We provide a view of climate networks through a triad of frameworks and associated paradigms: (a) networks of data, where both (geographical) nodes and their links (arcs) are determined according to some metrics and/or statistical criteria; (b) climate data over networks, where the structure of the network (for both vertices and edges) is topologically pre-determined, and the climate variable is continuously defined over the (nonlinear) network; finally, (c) networks for data, referring to the huge machinery based on networks within the realm machine learning and statistics, with specific emphasis on their use for climate data. This paper is not a mere description of each element of the network triad, but rather a manifesto for the creation of three classes of fusions (we term them bridges). We advocate and carefully justify a fusion within to provide a corpus unicuum inside the network triad. We then prove that the fusion within is the starting point for a fusion between, where the network triad becomes a condition sine qua non for the implementation of the Shaw-Stevens agenda. We culminate with a meta fusion that allows for the creation of what we term a Shaw-Stevens network ecosystem.
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spellingShingle A Triad of Networks and a Triad of Fusions for the Other Climate Crisis
Porcu, Emilio
Filosi, Tobia
Simon, Horst
Physics and Society
Methodology
Shaw and Stevens call for a new paradigm in climate science criticizes Large Scale Determinism in favor of (i) embracing discrepancies, (ii) embracing hierarchies, and (iii) create disruption while keeping interpretability. The last 20 years have seen a plethora of contributions relating complex networks with climate data and climate models. We provide a view of climate networks through a triad of frameworks and associated paradigms: (a) networks of data, where both (geographical) nodes and their links (arcs) are determined according to some metrics and/or statistical criteria; (b) climate data over networks, where the structure of the network (for both vertices and edges) is topologically pre-determined, and the climate variable is continuously defined over the (nonlinear) network; finally, (c) networks for data, referring to the huge machinery based on networks within the realm machine learning and statistics, with specific emphasis on their use for climate data. This paper is not a mere description of each element of the network triad, but rather a manifesto for the creation of three classes of fusions (we term them bridges). We advocate and carefully justify a fusion within to provide a corpus unicuum inside the network triad. We then prove that the fusion within is the starting point for a fusion between, where the network triad becomes a condition sine qua non for the implementation of the Shaw-Stevens agenda. We culminate with a meta fusion that allows for the creation of what we term a Shaw-Stevens network ecosystem.
title A Triad of Networks and a Triad of Fusions for the Other Climate Crisis
topic Physics and Society
Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09728