Captains' logs could aid forecast; CLIMATE.SCIENTISTS are seeking to predict climate change... with the help of Charles Darwin and Captain Cook. Around 300 Royal Navy captains' weather logs on wind and ocean patterns dating back to the 1760s are to be digitised, allowing instant comparisons. They include the epic treks of Darwin on HMS Beagle For other uses of "HMS Beagle", see HMS Beagle (disambiguation). HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the beagle, a breed of dog. , Captain James Cook's log book from HMS Discovery and Captain Bligh's journal from The Bounty. Dr Dennis Wheeler, of Sunderland University, said: "The observations from the logbooks on wind force and weather are astonishingly a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. good and often better than modern logbooks." The historic reports will be available on the National Archives website next year. |
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