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Climate Scientists Ask For Help Fighting Somali Pirates

Posted by samzenpus on from the government-ninjas dept.

thebchuckster writes "Scientists are seeking the help of the Australian and US navies to repel Somali pirates who are threatening one of the world's key climate monitoring programs. They hope to deploy about 20 robotic instruments in a no-go area north of Mauritius. The instruments, which record ocean heat and salinity patterns, are programmed to submerge and eventually resurface to upload their data to satellites."

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  1. Excuses excuses... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's the U.S., who created this civil war.

    No, it's the media. No it's...

    Maybe it's just base tribalism rearing its ugly head. Oops, did I just blame the Somalis for being responsible for their own behavior? How very callous and imperialistic of me. Root causes, root causes: smart Western people will dig it out.

  2. Toxic waste, fishery destruction, and piracy by Animal+Farm+Pig · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The fisheries off the coast of Somalia were destroyed by years of European countries dumping toxic waste and over fishing off the coast. What the fuck else are they supposed to do?

    Support the Somali volunteer coast guard