How forgotten voyages helped track El Nino
A century ago, research ship William Scoresby left Hull for pioneering work in the southern oceans.
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""There's a lot been on the news quite recently about El Nino and the effects the global impact of this warm water current in the Pacific might have on the world as it has in the past.""
— Dr Robb Robinson , Academic
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A century ago, research ship William Scoresby left Hull for pioneering work in the southern oceans.
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