Artificial Intelligence Could Help Forecast Harmful Algae Blooms

A team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists plan to use artificial intelligence modeling to forecast, and better understand, a growing threat to water caused by toxic algal blooms. Fueled by climate change and rising water temperatures, these harmful algal blooms (HABs) have grown in intensity and frequency. They have now been reported in all 50 U.S. states. “Harmful algal blooms are appearing in areas where, historically, they were never present,” says Babetta Marrone, senior scientist at the lab and the project’s team lead. “The ecosystem of organisms that cause these blooms is very complex. And the information we do have