When it comes to climate change, Macau is no stranger.
But when it comes to pollution, the former British colony has had a hard time keeping up.
That's why Joseph Hunwei Lee, president of the Macau University of Science and Technology, is hoping to change that with what he's calling the "world's first digital twin system for environmental research," reports the South China Morning Post.
The system, which is expected to be in place by 2023, will collect and transmit real-time environmental data from the Pearl River Delta region to a network of stations in Hong Kong and Macau.
The idea is to create a more effective early warning system than the current one, which can't keep up with the changing climate.
"If you want to address issues like air quality or coastal degradation, you need accurate data, you need to understand the cause of an issue, you can contribute to our knowledge," Lee tells the Morning Post.
"We have a broad group researching the cause of an issue, you can understand the cause of an issue, you can collaborate with smaller institutes in mainland China, and we frequently collaborate with international experts to connect academic and industry leaders from the western side of China to the eastern side of China," he adds, per Quartz. Read the Entire Article
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