University of North Carolina climate scientist Dr. Angel Hsu spoke with 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey on Thursday, May 11th.  She discussed her work studying the intersection of climate change and urbanization.  She explained how she uses large data sets derived from satellite remote sensing to evaluate environmental policy performance.  She also talked about the Data-Driven Enviro-Lab, and how all of this applies to Chapel Hill.

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