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Space instruments provide evidence of the warming of the Earth

Posted on 23/10/2009
University of Leicester

Scientists at the University of Leicester, collaborating with other organisations in the UK and overseas, are at the forefront of a science team manufacturing instruments designed to monitor climate change from space. The design and construction of the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) instruments has been led by the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory who, today, are hosting a symposium and dinner to discuss the findings of these instruments.

The space instruments deliver a consistent record of temperatures which provide an accurate picture of the Earth