UK scraps airborne lab that tracks climate, pollution and weather systems
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The UK Natural Environment Research Council has decided to stop funding the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), the country’s main research aircraft. Even though it is five years into a six-year, £49-million (US$65-million) upgrade, the aircraft will stop operating on 31 March.
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Nature 651, 1124 (2026)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00941-x
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