UNAM Monitors Up to 40 Million Tons of Sargassum in the Caribbean with Satellites and Drones
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The National Laboratory for Earth Observation (LANOT) at UNAM maintains constant surveillance of the sargassum’s advance in the Atlantic and the Caribbean, a phenomenon that could reach up to 40 million metric tons of biomass this year, according to scientific estimates.
For the past six years, the team of specialists has used Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, ocean current models, and drone monitoring to track the formation and movement of these macroalgae, which cause environmental and ec
For the past six years, the team of specialists has used Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, ocean current models, and drone monitoring to track the formation and movement of these macroalgae, which cause environmental and ec
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