NASA Satellite to Help with Algae and Hurricane Forecasting

First Coast News - NASA is studying our oceans through their newest satellite called PACE, which stands for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem.
Since launching in February, it’s been tracking aerosols.
"The reason for that is multiple issues that impact the climate, impacts air quality, but also aerosol particles are the nuclei for forming clouds," said Dr. Amir Ibrahim, a PACE Ocean Scientist. "So cloud particles basically form around these aerosol particles."
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