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The invention of weather forecasting in the First World War
“Recording weather observations, explaining the action of the atmosphere, and predicting wind and rain are all ancient practices,” science historian Frederik Nebeker writes.1 Aristotle described the observational form of weather forecasting in Meteorologica some time around 300 BC…
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