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Satellites now tracking winter manure spreading from space
Original: Poop patrol from outer space: Satellites spot winter manure spreading
Environmental watchers are turning satellites on farms to catch manure being spread in winter, when frozen ground increases runoff into rivers and lakes. The practice can violate agricultural pollution rules, and space-based monitoring offers a way to spot it across large rural areas that inspectors cannot easily cover.
Why now: It highlights a novel use of satellite surveillance for enforcing farm pollution rules.
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Evidence
- Poop patrol from outer space: Satellites spot winter manure spreading · Detroit Free Press
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