£1.5m funding to create ‘Digital Twin’ model to reduce emissions
A ‘twin’ of the world’s wetlands is to be created by NCEO scientists at the University of Leicester using satellite data, mathematical models and artificial intelligence to help monitor and reduce methane emissions.
Dr Robert Parker from the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) and University of Leicester will lead the project as one of 75 new Future Leaders Fellows announced today (4 December) by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
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