Climate change: Bigger hurricanes are now more damaging
The most damaging tropical cyclones are three times more frequent now than they were 100 years ago.
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Ice loss causing Arctic to reflect less heat
A loss of snow and ice cover are the main reasons for the reduction of the Arctic's albedo effect, not soot as had been previously thought.
Planet Mercury passes across the face of the Sun
Astronomers are observing a rare event, a transit of the planet Mercury.