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New Sub Dives To Crushing Depths
University of Washington Scientists are reporting that they have a new autonomous underwater vehicle that increases both the attainable depth and duration of deployment over current submersibles. Weighing in at just under 140 pounds, the "Deepglider" is able to stay out to sea for up to a year and hit depths of almost 9,000 feet. "Deepglider opens up new research possibilities for oceanographers studying global climate change. The glider's first trip revealed unexpected warming of water near the ocean floor, and scientists are interested in studying whether the temperatures are related to global warming."
More like the temp of the water is warmer since it's closer to the earth's crust? Why does it seem whenever you hear about something from scientists, they're trying to relate it to "Global Warming"? Cause it sells newspapers/magazines?
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How would the amount of brain matter inside of your skull, if it even exists as people say it does, affect the wisdom of your statement?
Knee jerk reaction has just been proven again.
Gawd the moderation around here stinks. But then I guess I'm partly to blame because I often don't meta-moderate and waste moderator points more often than not.
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So the moderator calls these comments a troll however doesn't address the comparative nature of the statments in the story. If they were already able to measure in a reliable fashion the temperatures of the region in question, then they probably didn't need the new measurements from the sub to determine if there is a change. IE, they would typically already know what is going on so data from the new sub would not be unexpected (but could still be more complete and nice to have).
If they DO need the measurements from the sub then they cannot have reliable data from before and hense cannot really determine if we have change.
I stand by my former comment that it is fine to say the temperature measurements are unexpected, however to say the temperature measurements indicate a warming is really pushing it. Even if the measurements do indicate a warming, then for how long has this warming been going on? Is there really a good base line already known?
And again, if there is a baseline established then the data gathering before the sub should be good enough that the subs data should be expected... not unexpected.