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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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Predictive Models for the Ecological Risk Assessment of Chemicals

Ecology, Risk Analysis, Workshop Announcement
Posted on December 11, 2013 by NIMBioS | Reply

Ecological risk assessment (ERA) is an area of national and international concern, and is increasingly being driven by the need for a mathematical underpinning that addresses relevant biological complexities at numerous scales. Continue reading →

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Vector Transmission of Plant Viruses

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Workshop Announcement
Posted on September 18, 2013 by NIMBioS | Reply

Plant VirusOne of the greatest limiting factors to modern agriculture are plant viruses. Climate change and the emergence of new viral strains affect the health and biodiversity of crops and of plants in general, while the continued growth of the human population emphasizes the need for sustainable agriculture. Continue reading →

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Slithering Away: A Warming Planet Displaces Snakes’ Habitat

Biosphere, Climate Change
Posted on July 1, 2013 by NIMBioS | Reply

When paleobiologist Michelle Lawing joined field expeditions to collect rattlesnake data in the deserts of Southwestern America, she didn’t expect that her research would uncover such grim predictions for the rattlesnakes and their habitats in the future. Continue reading →

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Our Changing Shoreline: Modeling the Effects of Storm Surges on Coastal Vegetation

Ecology, Mathematics, Natural Disasters
Posted on January 21, 2013 by NIMBioS | Reply
Jiang Jiang Dr. Jiang Jiang, NIMBioS

The unprecedented storm surge from Hurricane Sandy was enough to shift coastal shorelines along New York and New Jersey. One barrier island, Fire Island – off the southern coast of Long Island, N.Y., for example, traveled as much as 85 … Continue reading →

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