1961: Climate to the fore in 'Geography'

The present focus on climate change means that climate has come to the fore.
In 1961, there were some important papers published in Geography by people whose work was still significant a quarter of a century later.
H H Lamb wrote the definitive book on the research done to reconstruct past climates and I remember using his materials with my lecturer Lance Tufnell, who was also doing similar work to collect proxy data to reconstruct past climates, particularly in the West Yorkshire area as part of his work exploring glacier change.



T J Chandler wrote the definitive paper on the London Heat Island effect and in this paper he revisited the idea to see whether it was changing.



It's a reminder that even today, the GA Journals contain the very best and latest scholarship which teachers can use to keep themselves up to date. Also remember that the temperature readings for this were taken by individuals and we can all take part in similar citizen science work to help each other.



References
LAMB, H. H. “Atmospheric Circulation, Climate and Climatic Variations.” Geography, vol. 46, no. 3, 1961, pp. 208–222. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40565262

CHANDLER, T. J. “The Changing Form of London's Heat-Island.” Geography, vol. 46, no. 4, 1961, pp. 295–307. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40565541