But the algae blooms that have long plagued the pool came roaring back, & worse than before.
…Alana Menendez, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Sciences, analyzed light-reflectance data from a European satellite called Sentinel-2. The satellite captures clear images of the #ReflectingPool several times a month, & the data it produces can be used to estimate the presence of chlorophyll-a, a pigment found in algae.