Climate Survey
The OPAL climate survey launched in March 2011, coordinated by the Met Office. It asks people to look for contrails in the sky, estimate their thermal comfort, and measure wind using bubbles. The results are helping scientists learn more about the ways we affect our climate, and how we may adapt to it.
Read more about this topic: Open Air Laboratories Network (OPAL)
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