Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 05 Nov 2007
Philanthropy and Global Climate Monitoring
Philanthropy and Global Climate Monitoring
Page Range: 193 – 195
Several times in the past, philanthropists have stepped forward to support work on climatoloeical data-sets, aimed either at preserving them or making them more readily available for researchers. Perhaps it is time again for this type of philanthropy.
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