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Beyond Blue: Why Ocean Color Really Matters

[18-Sep-2020] Let's talk about phytoplankton! In these excerpts from Beyond Blue: Why Ocean Color Really Matters, Project Scientist Dr. Jeremy Werdell touches on phytoplankton, red tides, and the relationships between plankton, climate, and the carbon cycle.

Jeremy Werdell

Dr. Jeremy Werdell

PACE Project Scientist
Goddard Space Flight Center

Gary Davis and Jeremy Werdell

What are Phytoplankton?

The base of the food chain in all bodies of water anywhere

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Earth’s biosphere

Can PACE Tell Me Where I Can Catch More Fish?

Looking for fish food

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Red tide along the Florida panhandle

Will PACE See Red Tides?

Identifying harmful algal blooms when and where they occur

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Surface slicks of a harmful algal bloom around the Swedish island of Gotland

Controlling Harmful Algal Blooms

Providing an exceptional dataset that allows for improved understanding of HABs

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Earth’s biomass

Where We’re Going with the PACE Mission

Identifying Phytoplankton patterns almost at the species level

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Carbon cycle diagram

Plankton, Climate and the Carbon Cycle

The carbon circle of life

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