Boaty McBoatface is back with a new science

After all these years, we have the impression that we all live in this yellow submarine. L & # 39; intrepid McBoatface Boaty is back in the news again now that the first scientific results using the data from the autonomous web sub-server have been released.

In April 2017, the mini-sub with the clumsy name spent three days maneuver in the dark, cold, mountainous waters of the Southern Ocean. Over 180 km, he measured the temperature, the salt content and the turbulence of the water at the bottom of this threatening sea.

Boaty's data helped scientists to link the intensification of the winds over the Southern Ocean and the rise in sea level.

Basically, the winds from the bottom of the world have strengthened through the Antarctic hole in the ozone layer and the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. The winds seem to increase turbulence at the bottom of the ocean, as detected by Boaty. This turbulence in turn gives rise to cooler and denser water from the depths with warmer water above. The resulting global warming is an important factor in rising sea levels, according to researchers at the British University of Southampton.

"Our study is an important step in understanding the impact of climate change in the remote and inhospitable waters of Antarctica on global warming of the oceans," explained Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato, who led the project a press release.

You may remember that "Boaty McBoatface" was the winner of an online contest asking the internet to name a new British polar research vessel. In the end, this ship was named in honor of Sir David Attenborough and a small yellow-drone submarine was christened with the noble name McBoatface.

The legacy of McBoatface is forever inscribed in the annals of science: the new research is published in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"This study is an excellent example of how exciting new technologies such as the unmanned submarine 'Boaty McBoatface' can be used," said Dr. Povl Abrahamsen of the British Antarctic Survey.

It may be a small little McBoatface, but we still feel like we all live on this yellow submarine and the internet is all on board. Everybody! We all live in one ….