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As a student double-majoring in data science and marine biology, will I be able to combine both disciplines in a career?

I am a student in high school approaching college to double major in my two passions, Marnie biology and data science. Data science is a broad field and I am looking how I can pursue these passions through a job combining both disciplines. #high-school-students #choosing-a-major #technology #marinesciences #career #aquariumscience #job-search

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Thank you comment icon Hi! I'm looking to go into the same field, did you find anything out about careers in data science and marine biology? Grace
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Mark’s Answer

Hi Rachel!

I think data science and marine biology go together quite well! There is a huge overlap from what I can tell while researching. Basically, you're uncovering finding from marine data, right? Data science complements marine biology and I can see where it would even enhance. I would think that data science would take a deep dive (no pun intended) on the data samples annualized by a marine biologist.

Good luck!!
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Lovelace’s Answer

They are great choices for working together. As a marine biologist, you would be collecting the data. With a second/dual degree in data science, you will be processing the data you collect (or that others collect). For any research to be successful, the data collected has to be processed for it to be meaningful. Data science finds the trends, correlations, anomalies, etc. in the data collected by the researchers out collecting the data.
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Laura’s Answer

These 2 disciplines absolutely overlap! I live on Maui and have seen first-hand all the organizations/charities/NGOs who come to study the humpback whales, sea turtles, and more, working to tag and track these creatures, digitize that data, monitor for short and long-term trends, educate the public, etc. With these 2 disciplines, you get a blend of hands-on exposure and interactions with marine plants and animals, plus also modeling out data using technology, computer models etc.
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Jay’s Answer

Rachael,

I think that these two majors will go together wonderfully. In fact, I would contend that Data Science was a major part of Marine Biology been before we really called it "Data Science".

Understanding the complex relationships of marine life and ecosystems requires a deep understanding and investigation of how everything relates to each other. The key to unlocking this understanding is to gather as much data about this as possible. Areas of study like biome diversity, migration patterns, population studies, effects of climate change, and many others all require the gathering, parsing, and understanding of data. The more data you collect and catalog, the better your understanding.

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Paul’s Answer

I agree with the other 2 answers ...data science and marine biology go great together. There are an unbelievable number or possibilities with these two majors since both these fields are growing. I will go even further that data science growth is huge right now and it will continue to grow at an extraordinary rate over the coming years and decades. Given that I can see your knowledge in data science and marine biology will have value in the market place in many other industries beyond just these two....should you ever want to venture out. Just a wild example/guess... knowing marine biology and data science can lead to expertise in where industrial fishing boats fish or how to fish more successfully or efficiently. That could lead to increased revenues, decreased costs or both for fishing companies, fish markets, restaurants, etc. Revenue & costs are key to every business. Great choices! Good Luck.
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Brad’s Answer

I would think that an interesting combination of these two fields would be analyzing data regarding marine biology research. For example if there was concern about the types of fish that are becoming an endangered species there could be dives that tag fish or identify fish somehow in certain parts of an ocean. That data could be sent back and analyzed or programs written to perform the analysis to see if the fish population is dwindling and if so what actions could be taken to protect them.
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