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NASA Helps Warn of Harmful Algae in Lakes, Reservoirs

With limited resources to monitor often-unpredictable blooms, water managers are turning to new technologies to detect and keep track of hazards.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and chlorophyll data courtesy of Nima Pahlevan, NASA/GSFC. Story by Kate Ramsayer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, with Mike Carlowicz.

Published June 22, 2019
Data acquired August 18, 2018

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Collection:
Applied Sciences