How to predict the weather
Forecasting is a vital bastion of international co-operation
The Weather Machine. By Andrew Blum. Ecco; 224 pages; $25.99. Bodley Head; £16.99.
IN 1943 A German U-boat surreptitiously landed on the coast of Labrador, Canada’s frigid north-eastern peninsula. Under cover of fog, the crew quickly deposited ten large canisters, each labelled “Canadian Meteor Service”, on a nearby hill. Inside were nickel-cadmium batteries and ten-metre antennae—components of a clandestine weather station.
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