Why Are There Different Types of El Niño?
Speaker: Dr. Wang-chun LAI Scientific Officer (Forecast Operation), Hong Kong Observatory
Microbial Life in the Air
Speaker: Professor Maosheng YAO Professor, State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, and College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University View Poster
CUHK Team Builds the Longest Bamboo Bridge in Rural Mainland
The One University One Village (1U1V) team led by Yao Ling Sun Professor of Architecture Prof. Edward NG Yan Yung of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has built the longest bamboo bridge in the rural mainland. The bridge,
Global Estimation of Air Quality and the Burden of Disease Associated With Ambient Air Pollution
Speaker: Professor Gavin SHADDICK Chair of Data Science and Statistics and Head of Department of Mathematics, University of Exeter View Poster
Workshop on Urban Climate, Human Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Consumption
The Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability (IEES) and the Institute of Future Cities (IOFC) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) jointly organized a workshop on Urban Climate, Human Thermal Comfort and Building Energy Consumption at CUHK on
CUHK and HKBU discover the elevated increases in human-perceived temperature under climate change
Each of the three years from 2014 to 2016 broke the global average air temperature record, and 2017 will also turn out to be one of the hottest years ever. To predict how humans will be affected by climate change,
Launch Ceremony of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Hong Kong
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has been mobilizing expertise from different regions and backgrounds to implement various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that seek to eradicate poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change. It is now extending its reach
CUHK Rural Architectural Project Wins Top International Award First Hong Kong Team To Receive ‘the Oscar of Architecture’
An anti-seismic earth house built by the One University One Village (1U1V) team at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been awarded the World Building of the Year 2017 at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) — ‘the Oscars
The Sixth WMO International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-VI)
The Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability (IEES) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was a co-sponsor of the Sixth WMO International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-VI) from 13 to 17 November 2017 in Singapore. This quadrennial Workshop was
Evolution of Data Science and its Impact on the Environmental Sciences
Speaker: Professor William W. HSIEH Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia View Poster