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Colors of the ocean

Carbon plays a role in all of Earth's systems, including the ocean. #NASA's upcoming Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission will give us a whole new way to see the seas. PACE will measure carbon from the sky and land to the ocean.

On the surface of the ocean, PACE will be able to monitor and identify different types of phytoplankton by looking at them with a wide spectrum of color wavelengths. Phytoplankton are tiny ocean organisms that play a critical role in the food chain and carbon cycle.