From high above Earth, satellites are tracking the health of the oceans in startling detail by precisely measuring the color of the water. The water’s color may reveal blooms of plankton that nourish marine ecosystems, or that can harm fish and wildlife. Scientists use satellite color data to track ocean productivity, and the cycling of nutrients and carbon across the world’s oceans.
Join three scientists attending the International Ocean Color Science Meeting for a discussion about how satellite color measurements help us track the health of marine ecosystems and how they might be changing over time.
Stewart Bernard is the chairman of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group and principal researcher for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Cape Town, South Africa.
Raphael Kudela is a phytoplankton ecologist, and is the Ida Benson Lynn Chair of Ocean Health and a Professor of Ocean Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Cara Wilson is a satellite oceanographer who works for NOAA Fisheries in Monterey.
Photo credit:
Courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, the SeaWiFS Project, and GeoEye.
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Join three scientists attending the International Ocean Color Science Meeting for a discussion about how satellite color measurements help us track the health of marine ecosystems and how they might be changing over time.
Stewart Bernard is the chairman of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group and principal researcher for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Cape Town, South Africa.
Raphael Kudela is a phytoplankton ecologist, and is the Ida Benson Lynn Chair of Ocean Health and a Professor of Ocean Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Cara Wilson is a satellite oceanographer who works for NOAA Fisheries in Monterey.
Photo credit:
Courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, the SeaWiFS Project, and GeoEye.
From high above Earth, satellites are tracking the health of the oceans in startling detail by precisely measuring the color of the water. The water’s color may reveal blooms of plankton that nourish marine ecosystems, or that can harm fish and wildlife. Scientists use satellite color data to track ocean productivity, and the cycling of nutrients and carbon across the world’s oceans.
Join three scientists attending the International Ocean Color Science Meeting for a discussion about how satellite color measurements help us track the health of marine ecosystems and how they might be changing over time.
Stewart Bernard is the chairman of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group and principal researcher for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Cape Town, South Africa.
Raphael Kudela is a phytoplankton ecologist, and is the Ida Benson Lynn Chair of Ocean Health and a Professor of Ocean Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Cara Wilson is a satellite oceanographer who works for NOAA Fisheries in Monterey.
Photo credit:
Courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, the SeaWiFS Project, and GeoEye.
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Join three scientists attending the International Ocean Color Science Meeting for a discussion about how satellite color measurements help us track the health of marine ecosystems and how they might be changing over time.
Stewart Bernard is the chairman of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group and principal researcher for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Cape Town, South Africa.
Raphael Kudela is a phytoplankton ecologist, and is the Ida Benson Lynn Chair of Ocean Health and a Professor of Ocean Sciences at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Cara Wilson is a satellite oceanographer who works for NOAA Fisheries in Monterey.
Photo credit:
Courtesy of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, the SeaWiFS Project, and GeoEye.
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