{"id":2244,"date":"2026-08-18T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T14:06:04","slug":"from-space-to-sea-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"From Space to Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6a857b47f3df5&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a857b48041e2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a857b48041e2\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launched by Bigelow Laboratory&nbsp;in 1998, the <strong>Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series (GNATS)<\/strong> has become a foundational record of changing ocean conditions through repeated sampling of the same area over decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funded by&nbsp;<strong>NASA<\/strong>, data from GNATS research cruises help validate <strong>ocean color satellite observations<\/strong>, creating a more complete picture of the Gulf of Maine \u2014 from phytoplankton abundance to ocean color, and, most recently, microbial life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SRS Cath Mitchell <\/strong>recently wrote about the project for <strong>NASA\u2019s Notes 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