Calm/Stormy Days in the Shipping Lanes

We live in the golden age of data visuzalization. Case in point, here are two new figures showing shipping tracks near Rotterdam in the North Sea during calm and stormy weather. The data comes from a realtime feed from ships to coastguards. You can clearly see the lane breakdown during storms, as well as the generally more chaotic conditions.

[via New Scientist] Image: N. Willems / H. van de Wetering / J. van Wijk / TUE)

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