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Fighting locust swarms with drones

Food and Agriculture Organization locust forecasting officer Keith Cressman says drones could control swarms. Using them to collect real-time data allows scientists to predict where the insects might fly to next and smaller rotary drones could even spray the swarm with pesticide, killing the locusts.

(Image: Locust swarm. Credit: FAO/Svenn Torfinn.)

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