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Contribution of mobile phones to global warming
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Could a Dehydrated Earth Create Light Disturbances on KIC 8462852?
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Composting Process: Learn About Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen & Nitrogen
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Could the Thames River basin once have been home to abundant hippopotami?
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Nepal Earthquake - Human Impact
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Limit of Wind Speed on Planets: Factors and Upper Bound Explanation
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Why are Whirlpools not as big as Tornados/hurricanes?
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How to distinguish between mesophilic and cooling stages in composting?
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Collecting Tornado energy in order to dissipate it
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Is the 'Rising Sea Levels' Argument for Global Warming Valid?
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What would happen if? you heatsink earth and space
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Vacuum in Torricelli Barometer and it's force?
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Double Whammy M7.6's in central Peru
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Some Thoughts on Atmospheric Systems
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Normal on a mass have different values at pole and equator
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October skies darker than December skies?
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What Are the Advantages of Using Pseudo-Gravity in Geophysical Data Analysis?
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Why is air-water contact angle usually assumed to be 0 ?
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Do Plasma Phenomena Indicate Imminent Earthquakes?
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6.7 Mag Earthquake near Makurazaki, Japan (E. China Sea)
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Soliciting Ideas for "Research Proposals" GeoPhysics
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3.2 billion year old oxygen found on Earth
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Mag 7.5 - Badahkshan, Afghanistan - Hindu Kush
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Will a solar storm hit us soon, or was this a one off event
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Hurricane Patricia - October 22-24, 2015
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Say goodbye to Miami and new Orleans
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Are there coupled reactions in geology?
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Deccan traps volcanic output and the Chicxulub impact
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How much do surfaces tilt due to tidal forces?
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Mummies found in UK and Scotland
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Is Greenhouse Gas the Main Cause of Global Warming? Experiments and Evidence
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Possible Tsunami Warning for Papua Quake?
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California and Florida in hundreds of years
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Do lunar forces have more of an effect than we know?
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How do we have the amount of water we do on this planet?
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What caused the M 8.3 earthquake in Chile on September 16, 2015?
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Can planting trees really reduce CO2 in atmosphere?
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How to draw longitudinal lines on a circle as Earth?
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Younger Dryas - likely the result of meteor impact
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Ozone Depletion: A Cause for Concern Despite Limited UV Radiation
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Intraplate Earthquakes and Seismicity
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Younger Dryas and the Gulf Stream Urban Myth
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Sun's heat on Earth in summer and winter
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Don't the magnetic poles affect radioactive decay?
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Average surface temperature independent of radiative gasses?
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How is speed of rotation of Earth's Inner Core calculated?
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Reversal of Earth's magnetic field
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CCS Carbon Dioxide Storage Capture
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Landfill methane gas emissions
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10 Aug 2015 a significant quake M 6.6, Solomon Isl
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Earth Core Temperature: Causes & Impact
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Plate Tectonics & Evidence of Life
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Calculating sunrise/sunset times
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Temperature for 3 or 4ft underground
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Earth's Rotation and Atmosphere
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The Safest Thing to Do On an Open Field During Lightning
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Huge Salt Water "Ocean" Found Beneath Chinese Desert
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Does the Moon's Gravity Affect Atmospheric Tides?
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Question regarding sound and Earth's rotation
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Is the Cascadia subduction zone a major seismic threat to the Pacific Northwest?
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Possibility to use fast-growing sea plant to cool the earth?
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Harness Sea Wave Energy: Focus Waves w/ Diffraction & Floating Breakwaters
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Total column water calculation from radiosonde data
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Mechanics of possible Pacific NW earthquake
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What is the Impact of the M 7.0 Earthquake in Solomon Islands?
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Understanding the Science Behind Lightning
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Did an inland sea once exist in North America?
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Why is there a seasonal cycle of CO2？
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Timescale of the biological pump？
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Why has CO2 decreased in the history of the Earth?
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What is the difference between a carbon sink and reservoir？
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Net charge of the surface of the earth
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Meteorological curiosity - "volcano tornado"
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Impact: Earth A meteor/comet impact simulator
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Oklahoma earthquakes, seismography
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Unusual earthquakes in Alabama, US
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Are any lakes really landlocked?
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Looking for an easy-to-understand book on earthquake science?
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Mount Shindake eruption on Kuchinoerabu
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M 8.5 quake S of Japan coming in now
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Can the Earth's Magnetic Field Be Measured by Reversals?
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Sentinel’s Mission to Find 500,000 Near-Earth Asteroids
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Questions on the Urey-Miller experiments (OrgMol. formation)
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Another Earthquake has struck Nepal
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Woman sues all of the gay people on earth
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Huge P wave arrival comiong in NOW
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Coming to a volcano near you - maybe
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Major quake in eastern New Britain PNG NOW
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Axial Seamount off Oregon coast eruption potential
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7.5-magnitude earthquake hits Papua New Guinea
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Seismogram: M 6.8 & 7.1 Earthquakes in Eastern New Britain, PNG
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Calbuco volcano erupts in Chile
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Earth's Beauty: Showcasing a Favorite Photo
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Earth's rotation related to atmospheric motion
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Fake and overused weather photos
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Number and energy of cyclones and anticyclones
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Are we ready for the next volcanic catastrophe?
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Massive Single Lightning Strike Heard From 30+ Miles Away?
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How to Calculate Downdraft CAPE Using NCEP Reanalysis?
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Measuring the electric field of the Earth
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