Picture of Hibre Island Tides log as appeared on NPR
Lauren Sommer reporting for NPR describes an unusual source of information crucial for the understanding the future of a hotter climate. Workers at a rescue station in the island of Hilbre off the coast of England have since the 1890’s been recording the tides in handwritten logs.
Now, scientists and historians are racing to digitize them in an effort to understand how fast oceans are rising. The aging notebooks establish a historical baseline to compare with today’s changing world.
Lauren Sommer reporting for NPR in March 2021
You can read thew entire article at NPR
