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This is interesting. I’m curious as to what information they’ve found and what it means for weather patterns as a whole over the past Two Centuries.

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Can't wait to see how much we change as a society after learning more about climate change from centuries old whaling logs. Life is about to be totally different. Just watch.

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Between these records and the British naval records I would think they might come up with a decent 19th century baseline.

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Is there anything in this, the article was just too long.

The tldr is they are using old whaling logs to help understand middle of the ocean weather/climate patterns from around 200 years ago. Creating a larger scale picture of how the climate and weather are changing over time.

For an "instant" generation that wants EVERYTHING and wants it NOW, you're right, this will not make an impact. Fortunately, there are still people who think in long term around.

Took my early morning brain way too long to understand what a wailing "log" was.

Episode 559 of This American Life starts with writer Erik Larson talking about how boring the typical ship's log is, no matter how exciting the voyage. Meteorological data is probably the most interesting thing they have to offer.

r/history user thinks history is useless

Mine read it as logo and was very confused as to how a logo could tell us anything about climate, log makes much more sense.

I read a bit about the whalers on the moon, but they weren't very successful

I said nothing of the sort. I've expressed nothing except excitement about this discovery!

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Interesting how something kept for insurance turned out to be a window into the weather from 200 years ago.

This gives a archeology vibe indeed, in how every object has a story to tell, if preserved accordingly, what is the time set for when it becomes archeology? Beyond living memory?

Hairy potter and the wailing logs

Uff can confirm. Started keeping a ships log early on a sailing trip. Gave up pretty quick. Other shit to do aboard.

Great now I have that song stuck in my head. For everyone curious

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I'm sure this information will have a significant affect on humanity. It probably won't be while I'm alive but almost certainly it will be long into the future when you and I are dead and can't verify if it had any affect at all. Almost certainly! Anything is possible in the future! Who can argue with that?

So you are using 200 year old documentation of wind rates… that’s great but I’ll take a shot in the dark and tell you they aren’t very reliable to use. “The great sea blew us 4 stars south” compared to today “We traveled on average 2 knots today by wind” uhh