Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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From seafloor depths to fishing activity, free software brings ocean data together

For scientists studying the ocean, finding the right data can sometimes be as challenging as figuring out what to do with it. Want to know seafloor depth, the location of underwater mountains or sea surface temperatures? The information exists, but it can take considerable time and computer coding t...

From seafloor depths to fishing activity, free software brings ocean data together
Image: Phys.org
For scientists studying the ocean, finding the right data can sometimes be as challenging as figuring out what to do with it. Want to know seafloor depth, the location of underwater mountains or sea surface temperatures? The information exists, but it can take considerable time and computer coding to pull it together from different sources and get it into the proper format.

Originally published at Phys.org

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