Pioneering technique set to scale new heights to tackle spread of disease, pollution and crime

A pioneering technique used to better understand global sea level rise is going next level to help solve a wide range of issues, including the spread of diseases or viruses, pollution, traffic congestion, and even crime.

The international research team, led by the University of Bristol, has developed an innovative statistical approach – called space-time statistical inference – to quantify and separate the different sources of increasing sea levels. 

Thanks to a new funding grant from the European Research Council (ERC), this approach will be used to develop a software tool which can address far-reaching space-time, or four-dimensional, problems such as the transmission of vector-borne diseases and viruses, air pollution patterns, traffic flow, and crime trends. 

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