Is it safe to swim? New forecasting tool predicts severity of ocean pollution

Imagine being able to check the likelihood of ocean pollution the same way you check the weather. It is an idea that a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego put into practice on Tuesday, launching the first version of a “Pathogen Forecast Model” that looks five days into the future, using weather, tide, wave and river flow forecasts to calculate what ocean ...