NASA launched the PACE satellite to monitor phytoplankton, tiny ocean organisms affecting the entire aquatic food web and playing a vital role in the carbon cycle.

• PACE can distinguish between different phytoplankton types due to its advanced technology that observes a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Phytoplankton absorb carbon dioxide and some of it gets stored in the ocean floor when they die, impacting climate change.

• PACE also monitors aerosols, tiny airborne particles impacting climate depending on their makeup and color.

• PACE data is free and available to the public.

Read more at the Inside Climate News website.