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Published online 16 January 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070115-5
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Researchers lay out wish list for Earth-observing satellites
Approval of new projects would avoid 'fatal' gaps in measurement.
A committee of prominent Earth scientists has recommended that the US government fund 17 new Earth-observing missions over the next decade. Without these steps, they say, researchers could be left for years without critical data on climate change.
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