Old Weather – from decades ago – can help scientists understand current weather. Citizen “sailors” are sought to help transcribe old sailing logs to get a better understanding of weather patterns and at the same time, improve historical records for historians:
Help scientists recover worldwide weather observations made by Royal Navy ships around the time of World War I. These transcriptions will contribute to climate model projections and improve a database of weather extremes. Historians will use your work to track past ship movements and the stories of the people on board.
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