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Satellite Data Helps Detect Harmful Algal Blooms
2016-04-11 00:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Freshwater polluted by harmful algal blooms costs the United States at least $64 million every year, by government estimates. Now four federal agencies are collaborating on a $3.6 million research project to transform satellite data into information in formats that managers can use to protect human health and the environment from harmful algal blooms. The four agencies -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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