Tom Crawford, Mathematics Tutor, University of Oxford, giving a talk entitled "Using maths to clean the Oceans", on the Engineering Stage at New Scientist Live 2019
Where does river water go when it enters the ocean? Rivers are the major source of pollution in the oceans and if we are to clean them up, we first need to know where the majority of the pollution is concentrated. By creating a mathematical model for river outflows, verified by laboratory experiments and fieldwork, the goal is to be able to predict which areas are most susceptible to pollution from rivers and thus coordinate clean-up operations as effectively as possible. Tom Crawford is a maths tutor at the University of Oxford with a mission to share his love of maths with the world. His award-winning website features videos, podcasts, articles and puzzles designed to make maths more entertaining, exciting and enthralling for all. Whether he’s performing live as the Naked Mathematician with Equations Stripped, telling you the fun facts about numbers that you’ve secretly always wanted to know with his Funbers series on the BBC, or getting another maths tattoo (8 and counting), it’s safe to say Tom is always finding new ways to misbehave with numbers.
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