Boaty McBoatface lives!

[scooter]

Boaty McBoatface Prepares For First Antarctic Mission

"The remotely operated underwater research vessel known as Boaty McBoatface is preparing for its first research mission — an expedition into "some of the deepest and coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth."

'Boaty McBoatface, of course, was the moniker that emerged triumphant in an online poll meant to name the newest research ship in the U.K.'s Natural Environment Research Council fleet. But the council opted to overrule the will of the people, and named the ship the Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough instead.

'As a consolation gesture, however, a smaller autonomous underwater vehicle was named Boaty McBoatface. So the name lives on — albeit in a way that makes less sense, because a submersible vehicle isn't actually a boat. (Subby McSubface, anybody?)"

[Captain Canada]

Haha good stuff !

[kerick]

OMG LOL!!!!
Subby McSubface!!!!

[JayBee]

Boaty McBoatface Prepares For First Antarctic Mission

a submersible vehicle isn't actually a boat. (Subby McSubface, anybody?)"

Try convincing a U-boat Kaptain of that! U stands for UnterSeaBoot (Underwater Boat).

[Nick]

'As a consolation gesture, however, a smaller autonomous underwater vehicle was named Boaty McBoatface. So the name lives on — albeit in a way that makes less sense, because a submersible vehicle isn't actually a boat. (Subby McSubface, anybody?)"

Given that the Royal Navy refers to their submarines as boats, I think the writer hasn't done their research.

[kerick]

http://phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/BO-AT

[PR19_Kit]

'As a consolation gesture, however, a smaller autonomous underwater vehicle was named Boaty McBoatface. So the name lives on — albeit in a way that makes less sense, because a submersible vehicle isn't actually a boat. (Subby McSubface, anybody?)"

Given that the Royal Navy refers to their submarines as boats, I think the writer hasn't done their research.

Nothing unusual there then.

Do present days 'journalists' and 'writers' know what research is?

[scooter]

In a follow-on to the Boaty McBoatface saga

Groundbreaking climate change discovery made by, sigh, Boaty McBoatface

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 ... Boaty McBoatface.

Now, as part of the Attenborough's maiden voyage, Boaty McBoatface has made a major discovery, published in the journal PNAS... 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.

Edited to remove overly opinionated comments by the author.

[Weaver]

Thank you.

Now. of course, I'm going to share this story on Twitter. Hmmm... I wonder what hashtag to use....

[scooter]

Thank you.

Now. of course, I'm going to share this story on Twitter. Hmmm... I wonder what hashtag to use....

#BoatyMcBoatface_works ?

[NARSES2]

Yup, there was a little bit about it on the Beeb yesterday. Final "smile on the face of the Newsreader" piece at lunchtime. Although they did cover the science as well