As summer temperatures soar, a dip can seem like a great way to cool off. But it can be hard to know if the water at the nearby beach or river is clean enough for swimming. Images from space may someday provide answers.
An instrument aboard the International Space Station can “see” sewage thanks to a discovery that the contamination absorbs certain wavelengths of light, researchers report in the June 15 Science of the Total Environment.
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