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Getting up close to Hurricane Rita
Scientists prepare to fly into Hurricane Rita to help improve their forecasting systems
Climate scientists are preparing to fly into Hurricane Rita, which is heading to the Gulf Coast of the USA, in order to improve hurricane forecasting systems. Global warming is predicted to raise rainfall in the Sahara by up to 50% in the next few decades. The European Space Agency's BepiColombo mission to Mercury will be powered by an electric engine. The mysterious sounds made by sand dunes.
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