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News Release 10-072
Scientists Outline Strategy to Limit Global Warming
Efforts range from "Herculean" to achievable
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Global warming is causing Himalayan glaciers to melt, affecting water supplies downstream.
Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
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V. Ramanathan with autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (AUAVs) for climate change research.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
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AUAVs can stay airborne for hours, travel hundreds of miles, and fly at 4.6 km (15,000 ft) in altitude.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
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Research team members make adjustments to AUAVs, which carry miniature instruments.
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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