The year 2013 has been marked for various mathematical activities under a wide umbrella of initiatives called the Mathematics of the Planet Earth (MPE) 2013, which will focus on mathematical research in areas of relevance to the various processes that affect the planet earth. The dynamics of the oceans and the atmosphere and the changes in the climate are of course the obvious topics that are very important for the life on planet earth and make use of mathematics in an essential way. In addition to these, a multitude of other topics are of relevance to MPE-2013, including the financial and economic systems, the energy production and utilization, spread of epidemics at the population level, ecology and genomics of species, just to name a few. A comprehensive and ever-evolving list of such topics can be found here.To stimulate imagination on the many domains where mathematics plays a crucial role in planetary issues, the following four (non exhaustive) themes are proposed as part of MPE-...
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