It sounds like there's a many-thousand-square-km area to search for 15-cm patches, which would be difficult to do for humans (in extreme heat). But a well-desi

It sounds like there's a many-thousand-square-km area to search for 15-cm patches, which would be difficult to do for humans (in extreme heat). But a well-designed drone trained to visually recognize candidates would be a great service, and would minimize environmental disruption. Some enterprising (resume-builder) could directly contact the researcher in question...