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The Deep Carbon Observatory's

The Deep Carbon Observatory's

Aerial-based Observations of Volcanic Emissions (ABOVE) project is taking science to the next level using drone technology.

The Deep Carbon Observatory

The Deep Carbon Observatory

is studying gas emissions from Rabaul Volcano in Papua New Guinea to gain new insights on volcano degassing.

A drone photo helps

A drone photo helps

scientists searching for the elusive carbon flux ad isotopic composition of a strongly degassing volcano in Papua New Guinea.

Credit: Deep Carbon Observatory

The Manam Summit in

The Manam Summit in

Papua New Guinea following an eruption in August 2018. The image is the first-ever acquired using an unmanned aircraft. Two regions of strong degassing can be clearly identified from the drone imagery.

ABOVE changing the way researchers sample gas emissions

Documentary highlights drone technology

November 07, 2019

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