Chile launches climate change observatory

Chile has just launched a climate change observatory that will gather an unprecedented amount of data from the most under-monitored part of the Southern Hemisphere and make it available online for free.
It is part of a new effort to speed up vital information for scientists to predict and mitigate the effects of extreme climate change.
The new observatory will track changes in temperatures, radiation, precipitation, winds and sea levels in real-time, including for Antarctica - a key modulator of the Earth's climate.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Magallanes in southern Chile.


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[eagledon]

As a botanist, biolog and travel vlogger honestly i am feeling so bad and guilty what we have caused at our planet.Lets react before being to late dears

[mr.mrs.d.]

We've had the ability and data to do something for decades. We just won't

[cloned]

Stuff like this is what separates Chile from the rest of the continent as the only developed country in Latin America (Uruguay being close). I just wish all the countries would follow the example of Chile and Uruguay. The continent would rock! 😃

[mrCetus]

Excellent...underwater sensors are the next stage.

[liveasifthisisyourlastday]

Lovely. Please go green. Ban pollution like emissions now!

[aprohith]

data may be good only for wall street.. not expecting any action..

[odalayme]

Gaia said blame the dinosaurs for their ice age.

[bradleedenney]

Every sharp increase in temperature has ended with an even sharper and deeper decrease in temperature. It's hot now, just wait and see how cold it will be.

[kevinJmadsen]

Lol, wtf? Better late than never? Now we'll really get some useful data, this time from fossil collectors :p

[roberthicks]

"we must predict"... The problem is, none of their predictions have EVER come true.

[Fatnugly]

Crazy how sure people are about things and then admit they don't have "key data". Anyone that tells you the KNOW whats going on is lying to you.

[phoenicianpurple]

Excellent...underwater sensors are the next stage.