Reuters: Fewer foggy, misty and hazy days help explain why Europe’s temperatures have risen so fast over the past 30 years, a finding that could help predict future climate change, researchers said on Sunday. Clearer skies due to changing weather patterns and less air pollution have contributed on average to about 5 to 10 percent of the region’s warmer temperatures during this period, said Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, a researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. “The …