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John Ruskin – considered by many to be one of the most influential thinkers of the Victorian period – was best known as an art critic in the 19th century, but he was also a keen meteorologist and in 1884 gave a lecture about how clouds had changed over his lifetime. Ridiculed at the time, his account of changes in clouds has often been attributed to a mental decline.

Uploaded 09-08-26

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Join Dr Edward Gryspeerdt, modern-day cloud scientist and Royal Society University Research Fellow at Imperial College London as he discusses whether Ruskin might have been correct in his observations and how they might help us better predict future climate change.

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