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Thousands of Handwritten Records Reveal Scale of Warming in the Congo
Thousands of handwritten historical weather records have been used to document the scale of climate warming in the Congo region. The newly uncovered observations give scientists a rare long-term temperature record for Central Africa, where reliable instrumental data has historically been scarce, helping to quantify how much the region has already warmed.
Why now: New research using historical weather archives highlights warming in a data-scarce region of Central Africa.
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