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Friday, Oct 26, 2012 01:40 PM PDT
Today's Reuters Science News Headlines - Yahoo! News: U.S. looks to old Arctic ship logs for climate change clues

U.S. looks to old Arctic ship logs for climate change clues  Friday, Oct 26, 2012 01:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A project to help track Arctic climate change using volunteers to transcribe U.S. ship logs online was launched on Wednesday by the National Archives and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Using citizen scientists to transcribe thousands of pages of logbooks from Navy, Coast Guard and other ships from 1850 to World War Two will fill a big data gap, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said. Scientists in recent decades have gotten weather data from satellites and ground observations, and such tools as ice samples show ancient patterns, she said. ... Full Story

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