How Satellite Imagery Helps in Cholera Early Warning System

PBS Learning Media
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Classroom Material
Keywords
chlorophyll phytoplankton climate change global warming bacteria zooplankton disease epidemics cholera cholera season Bangladesh Rita Colwell marine biology microbiology developing countries satellite imagery
Subjects
Health Studies Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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How Satellite Imagery Helps in Cholera Early Warning System

As Earth's climate warms, surface waters remain warm for longer periods of time and lengthen the "cholera season" for countries like Bangladesh. Marine microbiologist Rita Colwell describes a cholera early warning system.
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PBS Learning Media

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