Tracking and forecasting of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in Alberta using remotesensing techniques under a changing climate

This project will use satellite data to understand how harmful algae blooms in Alberta’s lakes have changed over time and to predict how often and how severe they may be in the future. Climate change and runoff from human activities can cause harmful algae blooms in lakes, but these blooms are hard to predict using traditional monitoring alone. Building on Alberta’s existing lake monitoring efforts, this project will use near-real-time satellite information to track blooms more quickly and help improve how they are understood and managed.