Explore how
mathematics helps us
understand the Earth
We observe only fragments of the Earth, while the systems we want to understand are complex, uncertain, and constantly changing. Models help fill the gaps, but they also raise fundamental questions about prediction, inference, and what we can actually know.
Mathematics provides a language for connecting observations, models, dynamics, and uncertainty. MPE Studio makes these ideas visible and explorable through visual stories, short videos, and interactive experiments.
Enter the Studio
Choose a way into the questions, ideas, and communities that connect mathematics with Earth science.
Stories
Illustrated journeys through sensitive dependence, hidden states, rare events, and causal questions.
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Build intuition with interactive explorations, from foundations to Earth-system cases.
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Videos and short explainers presented by Charlotte Moser.
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Conferences, seminars, and ways to get involved.
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Choose the way you want to explore the mathematics.
Learn one applied mathematics concept at a time. See why it matters for geoscience.
Watch a short One Concept • One Example video, then immediately explore the same mathematical idea through its matching interactive Foundation module.
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▶K-means videoGo deeper where applied mathematics meets geoscience.
Explore self-contained interactive experiments involving dynamics, prediction, uncertainty, inference, and learning from data.
Explore the concepts →Start with a scientific question.
Follow interactive stories that show why mathematical ideas matter for understanding complex Earth-system problems.
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