Need to expand use of space-based tech to mitigate climate change, disease outbreaks and disaster: study
Citing recent outbreaks of Ebola and Covid involving animal-to-human virus transmission, the study underscores contributory environmental factors like deforestation, urbanisation, and climate change that need monitoring using space-based tools.
With Earth becoming a hotter place owing to climate change, information about land surface temperature, vegetation and precipitation could be crucial in tackling vector-borne diseases or outbreaks, including pandemics like Covid, the researchers said... [758 chars]
Published by: The Indian Express
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