Mathematical Biology Seminar: Colin Clark (UBC)

The atmosphere and the oceans are the two largest and most important global commons. No one has a strong individual economic incentive to protect and preserve these vital resources. Indeed, quite the opposite! Present discussions centre mainly around human impacts on the environment (global warming), or on the oceans (oil spills), with little recognition that these systems are intricately interwoven. In this talk I will briefly describe some aspects of atmosphere-ocean coupling.