Peter Guttorp (@guttorp), Professor at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, Norway, Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington and vice-president of the International Statistical Institute, discusses how statistics can be used to evaluate a potential environmental hazard - rising sea levels associated with climate change - as part of a comparison of risk management options.
I'm excited to announce that this is the first episode released as part of a collaboration with Significance magazine. Peter along with co-author Thordis Thorarinsdottir contributed a paper to the issue of Significance that will be released in the first week of April. Hear author on Stats+Stories and read more about this story in Significance magazine next week.
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