Seals With Sensors on Their Heads Record Ocean Data in Harsh, Icy Waters

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University of St Andrews

For the last decade, seals with frickin’ sensors attached to their heads have been helping out researchers by collecting data from the far-flung, icy waters in which they live. This information is now part of a freely available data portal called MEOP (Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole). The online portal – one of the world's largest oceanographic databases for polar oceans – launched earlier this week, and it offers unprecedented details about the harshest parts of the planet.