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Groundbreaking climate change discovery made by, sigh, Boaty McBoatface
Climate change is real, and many would argue the most serious existing threat to humanity. Today, British scientists announced a major new discovery about how climate change is affecting sea levels that will most likely cause climate scientists to reconfigure their projection models. This discovery was made due to the efforts of, ugh, Boaty McBoatface.
[...] Now, as part of the Attenborough's maiden voyage, Boaty McBoatface has made a major discovery, published in the journal PNAS, for which we must unfortunately give it credit. In short, the submersible traversed the waters of Antarctica measuring temperature, salinity, and current. What it found was that increasingly strong winds in the Antarctic are causing cold water at the bottom of the ocean to mix with warmer water from the middle levels. That, in turn, is causing overall ocean temperatures to rise, which contributes to rising sea levels. Previously unaware of this process, climate scientists will now need to adjust their sea-level forecasts.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Wednesday June 19 2019, @07:59AM (3 children)
How unfortunate about the name, but that's an awesome climate change discovery that ... uh ...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by lhsi on Wednesday June 19 2019, @09:32AM (2 children)
I wonder whether the story (including the climate findings) would be on as many news sites were it not for the name.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 19 2019, @03:43PM
Or if Hillary had been elected.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 19 2019, @04:38PM
Or if Hillary had been elected.