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Weather Hurricane Maria devastates Dominica and knocks out Puerto Rico 19 September 2017 Dominica, an island in the Caribbean, has been devastated by Hurricane Maria, which made landfall overnight on 18th September.
Weather Hurricane Irma: One of the most powerful Atlantic Ocean storms on record 07 September 2017 On Tuesday 5 September 2017, Hurricane Irma grew into a Category 5 storm
Weather Hurricane Harvey causes catastrophic flooding in Texas 29 August 2017 Hurricane Harvey has brought "catastrophic" flooding to the US state of Texas, in what could be one of the 10 costliest storms in US history.
In the Spotlight Drizzle riddle solved 22 August 2017 Updrafts are more important than previously thought in determining whether clouds produce drizzle rather than normal-sized raindrops.
Climate Larsen C: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctic peninsula 21 July 2017 On 12th July, satellite data confirmed the ‘calving’ of a trillion-tonne, 5,800 sq km iceberg from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic peninsula.
In the Spotlight Why does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air? 20 June 2017 There are two questions here. The first is does pressure fall off more slowly in warm air than cold air?
Citizen Science A newly discovered atmospheric optical phenomenon called... Steve 27 April 2017 Aurora watchers in Alberta, Canada noticed the ribbon or streak of purple light in the night sky but nobody knew exactly what it was.
In the Spotlight Wind speeds in Saturn's jet stream whizz round at over 1,000mph 11 November 2016 New research has revealed the planet has the widest, most intense jet stream out of all the planets in the solar system