Scientists have created an AI system that predicts red tide blooms along Southwest Florida’s coast with striking precision. The system scans waters from Venice to Estero Bay each week, giving officials time to plan for these toxic outbreaks.
Miles Medina of Ecco Scientific built this prediction tool. “What we set out to do was try to develop a model that could take in data, environmental data, in real time and produce a forecast of when red tide would be showing up,” Medina said per WINK News.
Tests show the system works well. Short-term predictions hit 73% accuracy, while month-long forecasts reach 84%, which is far better than previous methods…