NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae
NASA has developed an AI tool to help detect harmful algal blooms in ocean waters. This tool fuses data from multiple satellites to identify blooms that can pose health risks and economic costs. Initial results show it can effectively map these blooms, even in complex coastal environments.
- ▪NASA's AI tool can detect harmful algal blooms in western Florida and Southern California.
- ▪The tool uses data from multiple satellites to improve detection accuracy.
- ▪Harmful algal blooms can cause health issues and significant economic losses for coastal communities.
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4 min readNASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful AlgaeJet Propulsion LaboratoryMay 20, 2026 Article Green swirls of microscopic algae (phytoplankton) are visible off the U.S. Gulf Coast in this image captured Oct. 21, 2024, by the Ocean Color Instrument on NASA’s PACE satellite. The sensor also observed autumn leaf colors, visible as a reddish streak, to the northeast. NASA NASA scientists have developed an artificial intelligence tool to take on a longstanding challenge in ocean waters. In a study recently published in AGU Earth and Space Science, researchers reported the tool was able to fuse data from multiple satellites and detect harmful algal blooms that occurred in western Florida and Southern California.
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