‘A Push to Save Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake’

Chris Berdik, writing for the New York Times:

Along with attributes like soil composition, elevation and vegetation, the digital Tonle Sap will soon have what the scientists call “agents,” including fish and people. Agents make choices. They change the lake and react to those changes, depending on factors like when enough fish swim into an area to attract predators and fishing boats.

I want to play with this simulation! It sounds thrilling.

I’m also shocked that I had never heard of this lake: it sextuples in size during the monsoon season!