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to meet the former head of the UK Meteorological Office. Why? Because it wasn't just evolutionary theioiry that grew out of the Beagle voyages, its command Robert FitzRoy was a pioneer of long-range weather forecasting.
He was the first commander to sail using Admiral Beaufort's scale of wind strengths, and as a result of his own observations worked out that a rapid change in atmospheric pressure warned of impending stormy weather. With climate change becoming an ever more important area for international action we intend that the Beagle project can play its part both in practical research and in public education about the science and impact of climate change.
He was the first commander to sail using Admiral Beaufort's scale of wind strengths, and as a result of his own observations worked out that a rapid change in atmospheric pressure warned of impending stormy weather. With climate change becoming an ever more important area for international action we intend that the Beagle project can play its part both in practical research and in public education about the science and impact of climate change.
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Beagle was also one of the first ships to be fitted with a lightning conductor.
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