WWI ships to chart past climate

A new project aims to use old Royal Navy logbooks to help build a more accurate picture of how our climate has changed over the last century.

The public are being called upon to re-trace the routes taken by some 280 Royal Navy ships including historic vessels.

We volunteers will transcribe information about weather, and other events, from images of ships' logbooks.

This will help provide invaluable information about the past climate.

The project, called OldWeather.org, will also help fill in gaps in our knowledge of an important stage in British history....