A new partnership between federal agencies plans to use color-sensing technology via satellite to detect harmful algal blooms. <\/p>\n
According to a release from NASA, the scientists will take advantage of ocean color data from a handful of satellites, including the European Space Agency\u2019s Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3. None of the satellites are equipped to send a useful format of data to local environmental and water quality managers. A new format developed by the project will be quicker than water sampling for warning public health administrations about impending blooms so they can take action.<\/p>\n
The partners are hopeful that this technology will make forecasting algal blooms easier and will uncover precisely why these events have occurred more often in recent history. <\/p>\n
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