#2883: sea level, circumnavigation
, last check: Mon, 24 Aug 2026. Post history
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sea level
Sea level research, as one of the standardized metrics for understanding the world, in a changing environment where climate change is causing the oceans to rise
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/08/26/our-very-strange-search-for-sea-level -
circumnavigation
Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491-c. 1535), the Italian chronicler of the first circumnavigation of the world by Fernão de Magalhães, was the first to relate how they had 'lost' an entire day during the voyage
https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/idl/idl_discovery.htm#top
Raf