Climate researchers to study WW1 warship voyages
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The voyages of British Royal Navy warships from World War One will be used to reconstruct past weather patterns to help understand climate change, scientists at the UK's Met Office said on Tuesday.
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"If we can correctly account for what the weather was doing in the past, then we can have more confidence in our predictions of the future," said Peter Stott, head of climate monitoring and attribution at the Met Office.
"Unfortunately, the historical record is full of gaps, particularly from before 1920, and at sea, so this project is invaluable."
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THe Royal Navy's records on temps, humidity, storms, etc. go farther back than 1914.
I wonder why they "Climate Scientists" only want to go back that far?
This is a first step, based on what logs were easily available. We'll happily take any data that we can get!
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