Traditionally scientists would board boats or launch satellites to gather information about the earth’s oceans, but modern installations make use of remote sensors and the internet to let them analyze the data from the comforts of home. Yesterday NEPTUNE, currently the world’s largest ocean observatory, launched a new web portal Oceans2.0 to make it even easier.
“It’s really an environment where people not only can chat with each other and exchange information, but also work together on data, create their own projects, and create their own little groups of users,” said Benoît Pirenne, associate director of information technology for NEPTUNE.
Based on the Yahoo! User Interface, Oceans 2.0 also boasts applications for data analysis and visualization, and a wiki.
