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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. But Pirates! Global warming! Skewed Data! by Anonymous+Cowar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster#Pirates_and_global_warming

    Everyone knows that pirates have an inverse effect on global temperature! If there are pirates in the area, then the data will be skewed. No wonder those scientists want those pirates gone.