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Using Milankovitch Cycles to create high-resolution astrochronologies

November 30, 2020

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AIM/MCRN Summer School: Week 6

August 2, 2020

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Professor Christopher K.R.T. Jones — Recipient of the 2020 MPE Prize


Professor Chris Jones is the Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professor in Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN). The 2020 MPE Prize recognizes Professor Jones for his many significant contributions to climate science and the mathematics of planet Earth.

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Numerical Weather Prediction – A Real-Life Application at the Intersection of Mathematics and Meteorology

Mathematics, Weather
Posted on December 12, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply
Figure courtesy of jma.go.jp

In the daily operation of weather forecasts, powerful supercomputers are used to predict the weather by solving mathematical equations that model the atmosphere and oceans. Continue reading →

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Kofi Annan on Climate Politics

Climate Change, Political Systems
Posted on November 28, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

For the blog today we recommend reading what Kofi Anan wrote for the New York Times this week. Continue reading →

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Integrating Renewable Energy Sources into the Power Grid

Optimization, Renewable Energy
Posted on November 21, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

Reliable power system operation requires the continuous balance of supply and demand at every moment in time. However, large-scale integration of variable generations such as solar and wind can significantly alter the dynamics in a grid because wind and solar resources are intermittent. Continue reading →

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Plowing Fields of Data

Data, Extreme Events, Weather
Posted on November 14, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

The Climate Corporation plows through huge amounts of data in order to price the crop insurance it sells to farmers. Continue reading →

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Contagious Behavior

Complex Systems, Dynamical Systems, Mathematics, Public Health
Posted on November 7, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

There has been some press coverage of an article that appeared in the October 4, 2013 issue of Science called “Social Factors in Epidemiology” by Chris Bauch and Alison Galvani. The article highlights how social factors and social responses are intertwined in biological systems. Continue reading →

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Mathematics and Conflict Resolution

Mathematics, Political Systems, Social Systems
Posted on October 31, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

The November issue of the AMS Notices has an intriguing article about the use of mathematics to help solve the Middle East Conflict. Continue reading →

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Mathematics of Another Sphere

Computational Science, Dynamical Systems, Optimization
Posted on October 24, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

From October 9 – 13. 2013 many of the AIM staff were volunteering at a golf tournament, the Frys.com open. This is a PGA tour event and is a benefit to many charities including AIM. One of the days was designated AIM day to highlight the activities at AIM and one of the things the tournament directors asked us to do was make up a math+golf related quiz. Continue reading →

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Thinking of Trees

Dynamical Systems, Mathematics, Patterns
Posted on October 18, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply
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It is October. Very soon the inspiring canvas of the Fall foliage will be gone and we will raise our eyes once in a while to enjoy an unexplained beauty of the branched architecture of the naked trees. Yet, there might be more than a shear aesthetic pleasure in those views and this is what today’s blog is about. Continue reading →

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Budget Chicken

Mathematics, Political Systems
Posted on October 10, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

More and more the political wrangling over the government shutdown (and the looming debt ceiling) is described as a game of “Chicken,” Continue reading →

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Microlocal Analysis and Imaging

Imaging, Mathematics
Posted on September 5, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

Modern society is increasingly dependent on imaging technology. Medical imaging has become a vital part of healthcare, with X-ray tomography, MRI, and ultrasound being used daily for diagnostics and treatment monitoring of various diseases; meteorological radar predicts weather, sonar scanners produce sea-floor maps, and seismometers aid in geophysical exploration. Continue reading →

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Optimal Control and Marine Protected Areas

Resource Management, Sustainability
Posted on July 11, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

Image courtesy of Stoon/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net

There are two standard ways to restrict harvesting of fish in order to maintain or improve the population. One way is to establish marine protected areas where fishing is prohibited and the other is to allow fishing everywhere but at something less than maximal capacity. Just a few days ago I noticed an interesting preprint in ArXiV that sets up a mathematical framework for deciding whether protected areas should be used and, if so, where they should be established. Continue reading →

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A Day to Celebrate

Climate
Posted on June 27, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

“This is a day to celebrate that we have a president of the US standing up
for the world in which we live and the future generations that will
inhabit it.”   Chris Jones, Director, Mathematics and Climate Research Network Continue reading →

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The Carbon Footprint of Textbooks

Economics, Resource Management
Posted on May 23, 2013 by Kent Morrison | Reply

Compared with a conventional textbook it’s obvious that an e-text saves energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions—or is it? Continue reading →

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Retail vs. E-tail

Economics, Energy, Transportation
Posted on March 21, 2013 by Kent Morrison | 1 comment

I’ve been wondering whether it’s more energy efficient to go out and buy something at a local store or to order it over the internet and have it delivered to my door. Continue reading →

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