Using satellites, I study the colour of oceans to protect marine life
Interview of Marina Levy, Oceanographer, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)
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Phytoplankton are important for the climate and for ocean life. They are fascinating microscopic organisms, invisible to the naked eye, but visible from Space. A reduction in the quantities of phytoplankton would lead to a reduction in the ocean’s resources and its capacity to capture carbon dioxide, one of the causes of the greenhouse effect.
Phytoplankton are important for the climate and for ocean life. They are fascinating microscopic organisms, invisible to the naked eye, but visible from Space. A reduction in the quantities of phytoplankton would lead to a reduction in the ocean’s resources and its capacity to capture carbon dioxide, one of the causes of the greenhouse effect.
- SDG 14
- marine life
- phytoplankton
- greenhouse gas
- ocean
- Space
- sustainable development
- sustainable development goals
- biodiversity
- climate change
- IRD
- CNRS
- CNES
- copernicus
- sentinel-2
- satellite
- earth observation
- teledetection
- remote sensing
- European commission
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