Winter 2022

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Mathematics for a green future

Our climate is changing rapidly. And the impacts can be seen all around us, from uncontrollable wildfires to devastating floods to severe heat waves.

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Waterloo startup SkyWatch is using satellite imagery to protect the planet

When Hurricane Dorian battered the Bahamas in the Fall of 2019, Waterloo-based satellite imagery startup SkyWatchwas quick to assist the reeling nation.

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Researchers in the Faculty of Mathematics are developing artificial intelligence that could assess climate change tipping points.

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In the world of climate change, sustainability and environmental work, co-op students use math to help develop solutions for the future.

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Waterloo Applied Mathematics professor Michael Waite is helping weather forecasters and climatologists make more accurate and localized predictions

Climate change is making wild weather increasingly common—and raising the stakes for weather forecasters.

Letter from the Dean

Mathematics for a green future

Eye in the Sky

Waterloo startup SkyWatch is using satellite imagery to protect the planet

Applied mathematicians using artificial intelligence to reveal climate-change tipping points

Multiplying change -environmental organizations utilize math co-op students to make an impact

A Better Weather Forecast

Waterloo Applied Mathematics professor Michael Waite is helping weather forecasters and climatologists make more accurate and localized predictions