Month: December 2015

Scientists identify plankton from space

A recent article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science by Heidi Dierssen, George McManus, and Senjie Lin of UConn’s marine sciences uses hyperspectral imagery from the space station to map a red tide ciliate bloom in Long Island Sound.  A summary for students appears in Science News: https://student.societyforscience.org/article/scientists-identify-plankton-space