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On thin ice
Explorers return with news from the Arctic
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From restaurants to climate change
We live in a world full of information and it's a statistician's job to make sense of it. In this article Dianne Cook explores ways of analysing data and shows how they can be applied to anything from investigating diners' tipping behaviour to understanding climate change and genetics.
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Catching terrorists with maths
A multi-disciplinary approach to complexity
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Maths and climate change: the melting Arctic
The Arctic ice cap is melting fast and the consequences are grim. Mathematical modelling is key to predicting how much longer the ice will be around and assessing the impact of an ice free Arctic on the rest of the planet. Plus spoke to Peter Wadhams from the Polar Ocean Physics Group at the University of Cambridge to get a glimpse of the group's work.
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The Arctic ice cap - how long has it got?
Expedition sets out to determine the North Pole's future
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Bracing for the storm
A model borrowed from engineering may help save coral reefs
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How plants halt sands
A new mathematical model describes how plants can stop desertification
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And now, the weather...
Umbrella or no umbrella? New advances in weather forecasting will help us dodge hurricanes and protect against floods.