Mathematics Awareness Month - April 2009

Sea Ice in the Global Climate System by Kenneth M. Golden, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah; Elizabeth Hunke, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Cecilia Bitz, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington; and Marika Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research Part 1: The basics and significance of sea ice. Part 2: The challenges in sea ice research. Part 3: Some of Ken’s adventures doing sea ice research in the Arctic and Antarctic. Part 4: Ken concludes talking about involving undergraduates in sea ice research and the connection between his research and modeling bone porosity and air flow through lungs.