The word ‘uncertainty’ means different things for all decision makers. Dr. Stavros argues that the ability to communicate effectively depends on finding a common interpretation of ‘uncertainty’. Specifically, she defines statistical uncertainty, confidence, and risk in the context of decision theory. She uses examples both from everyday life and from her person experience as a climate change scientist.

Dr. Stavros is an Earth Systems scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she currently works on two projects: (1) the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, which maps global soil moisture and territorial carbon flux, and (2) studying wildfire drivers, behavior and effects using the latest remote sensing technologies. Integrating knowledge and expertise across disciplines she studies the Earth System including statistics, terrestrial ecology, fire ecology, carbon, environmental sustainability, and climate change. Dr. Stavros is passionate about communicating science effectively to the public.

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