With the use of satellites, this technology can make it much easier on natural resource managers and scientists to detect changes in these remote ecosystems quickly and pinpoint the changes down to single species. At that point, looking at algae around shipwrecks will be merely one of a myriad of ecological issues that can be looked at and better understood by science. In the meantime, at Pearl and Hermes atoll, using hyperspectral imaging, scientists can keep an eye on the aggressive blue-green algae. The can also look for its presence at other locations where shipwrecks have occurred around the globe to determine how Lyngbya may or may not be causing a negative impact on the nearby marine environment. All rights reserved.
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