Pacific Standard: Conservation in the Age of Climate Change: Why Scientists Are Banking on Drones for Tracking Coastal Climate Research
by mcoc
Scientists have been using drones for decades, but as they become more affordable and portable, they’re proving critical to studying—and saving—our most vulnerable environments. Pacific Standard Journalists like to lean on anecdotes to tell stories about climate change, but for climate scientists, data is everything. But data collection is seldom a quick or inexpensive task, […]
Categories: Climate Change, Gear, Technology, Wildlife • Tags: conservation technology, coral, David Johnston, DRONES, Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, eBee senseFly, Gijs DeBoer, James Maslanik, parrot, Steve Schill, the nature conservancy, UAVs