‘This is an unhealthy environment’: Arctic researcher Li Xueke leaves the US for Hong Kong

Climate scientist Li Xueke has moved from the University of Pennsylvania to the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) as an assistant professor in the school of energy and environment. This move follows a decade of study and work in the United States. Li's research focuses on critical new shipping routes in the Arctic, which is becoming seasonally navigable due to climate change. Her work aims to illuminate the economic impacts of a warming planet. The article frames this transition as a pivot to the front lines of the global green economy.