Boaty McBoatface makes significant climate change discovery on first mission

(CNN) The British research submarine Boaty McBoatface has made an impressive debut in the scientific arena, discovering a significant link between Antarctic winds and rising sea temperatures on its maiden outing. The British public voted in droves in 2016 to name the country’s state-of-the-art new ship “RRS Boaty McBoatface,” with the user-suggested name gathering 124,109 votes. “This study is a great example of how exciting new technology such as the unmanned submarine ‘Boaty McBoatface’ can be used along with ship-based measurements and cutting-edge ocean models to discover and explain previously unknown processes affecting heat transport within the ocean,” added Povl Abrahamsen of the British Antarctic Survey.

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