Supporting Wildlife with Statistics

Dr. Outi Tervo of Greenland Institute for Natural Resources, shares
how mathematics helps recommend speed limits for marine vessels,
which benefits narwhals and Inuit culture. Narwhals "can only be
found in the Arctic," said Outi Tervo, a senior scientist at GINR.
"These species are going to be threatened by climate change more
than other species that can live in a bigger geographical area."
The collaboration has already lobbied on behalf of the narwhals to
reduce the level of sea traffic in their habitat, after using
mathematical analysis to identify how noise from passing boats
changes the narwhals' foraging behavior.