Friday, 24 March, 2023

Satellites and Machine Learning are being used to clean the ocean

<p>A team of scientists at the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the UK successfully analyzed data from two satellites using an ML algorithm to detect plastic in the ocean. Together the two satellites collected data from every part of the world where land meets the sea, between 6 and 15 times every month. The algorithm detected plastic with 86% accuracy. And it is smart enough to locate plastic pieces bigger than 5 mm in size or larger with the satellite data provided.</p>