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I really tried to get through this. But sentences like this were confusing to me: In simple terms, the ocean surface anomalies are just the surface footprin
by xrd 2mo ago
I really tried to get through this. But sentences like this were confusing to me:
In simple terms, the ocean surface anomalies are just the surface footprint of this massive subsurface warm core.
- ddxv 2mo agoThe author is saying the surface of the ocean (where it's easiest to measure temps, so we do that the most) is the 'footprint' or the full colum of warm water below it. Additionally, like a footprint the surface area it represents might be smaller too as warm water continues to rise.
- wat10000 2mo agoTo use an extremely inappropriate metaphor, they’re saying the warm temperatures at the surface are just the tip of the iceberg.
- sans_souse 2mo agoYea, I will admit my imagination started to go off as I read that
- AnIrishDuck 2mo agoArea vs volume. If these are the temperatures on the surface, think of the depths. There is a whole additional dimension to multiply (integrate) across. The added energy is far greater than you might think simply by looking at the surface.
- mitjam 2mo agoI stumbled across this too but going back to the picture made the sentence easy to understand. Maybe the sentence would have worked better if it was located before the picture. (The picture shows a ramp going up to the right deep under the ocean surface - the subsurface warm core)
- da_chicken 2mo agoI don't find that sentence confusing, but I definitely found the article poorly written. Here's the sixth nearly identical map and now let's repeat the exact same thing already stated five times or more while including one new sentence of detail. The density of actual information in the writing is so low that it's hard to follow. The article is so repetitive and padded out with empty prose that I found myself ignoring whole paragraphs. It's like the author decided to describe what an el niño is, then describe what an el niño is, then describe a super el niño, then describe what an el niño is, then describe what an el niño is, then describe what an el niño is, then describe the possible consequences of a super el niño, then describe what an el niño is, then describe what an el niño is, and finally describe what an el niño is.
- malfist 2mo agoGiven the repition without new information, random bolded words and consistent paragraph length, I'd say this is probably written mostly or entirely by an LLM
- da_chicken 2mo agoMy assumption was that it was written by several separate prompts and then stitched together.
- yellow_lead 2mo ago"In simple terms" should not preceed that sentence imo
- iamflimflam1 2mo agoThere's a few AI tells in the article. The overuse of bolded text throughout - and the confusing sentences.
- jibal 2mo agoIt seems quite straightforward.