1855 was driest year in UK history, volunteer research project finds
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#5XG3P)
Citizen scientists helped Reading University analyse millions of rainfall records in first Covid lockdown
A new driest year in British history has been found after a massive project in which thousands of volunteer citizen scientists helped unearth Victorian climate data.
Millions of archived handwritten rainfall records dating back 130 years have now been transcribed and analysed, thanks to the work of volunteers during the first coronavirus lockdown.
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