How much will it cost for aviation to contribute to limit warming to 1.5°C? Learn how Professor Manuel Soler, Coordinator of the Aircraft Operations Lab at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, is driving aviation innovation for this global climate goal through the EU’s RefMap Project.
In this interview, Prof. Soler explains how RefMap is integrating climate models into aviation technologies to reduce emissions and noise pollution across all aircraft types—from commercial planes to urban drones.
What opportunities exist for collaboration between geoscientific research and the aviation community? Prof. Soler discusses how data on contrails, humidity, temperature, and satellite observations can play a vital role in refining climate models and studying aviation’s environmental impact.
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