ICARUS Initiative

ICARUS cosmonaut space station

New ICARUS tracking system helps scientists unlock mysteries of migration

Environment

Information collected from orbiting satellites can tell us a lot about the weather, our changing climate and abundant life on Earth. Thanks to advances in technology, soon we may be able to watch, in real-time, the movements and migration of tiny winged species, including insects.

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