Meteorological Office Archive Mid-Nineteenth century - 2010

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Meteorological Office Archive Mid-Nineteenth century - 2010

Around 500,000 meteorological records stored across four large, environmentally controlled strongrooms

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Meteorological Office

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As a result of the Brussels Conference of Maritime Nations in 1853 and following consultations by the Board of Trade with the Royal Society, a Meteorological Department was formed at the beginning of August 1854 for the collection and co-ordination of meteorological observations made at sea. Its first Superintendent, Admiral Robert Fitzroy, extended the functions of the department by initiating regular weather reports from a network of land stations, employing for the pu...

Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain)

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Great Britain. Environment Agency

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The Enviromental Agency is an executive Non-departmental Public Body responsible to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and a Welsh Government Sponsored Body responsible to the Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development. The principal aims are to protect and improve the environment, and to promote sustainable development.They play a central role in delivering the environmental priorities of Central Government and the Welsh Government ...