Counting whales from space: scientists and engineers plan hi-tech effort
by Associated Press in Boston from Science | The Guardian on (#4XEZG)
- New England Aquarium partners with local firm
- Project could help work to save endangered right whales
An aquarium and an engineering firm in Massachusetts are working on a project to better protect whales - by monitoring them from space.
The New England Aquarium, based in Boston, and Draper, a firm based in nearby Cambridge, say new and higher-tech solutions are needed in order to protect whales from extinction. So they are using data from sources such as satellites, sonar and radar to keep a closer eye on how many whales are in the ocean.
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