Experts use Turner paintings to measure climate change

Global warming experts are using the priceless works of British artist JMW Turner to try to track climate change over more than a century.

Experts use Turner paintings to measure climate change

Global warming experts are using the priceless works of British artist JMW Turner to try to track climate change over more than a century.

Greek scientists have studied the colours in more than 500 paintings of sunsets, including many of Turner’s 19th century water-colours and oils, in hopes of gaining insights into the cooling effects caused by major volcanic eruptions.

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