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Mystery Clouds: Uncovering the Enigma

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Antipodal seismic focusing after an impact: real or not?

  • xpell
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Mag 6.0 - 124km ENE of Codrington, Barbuda

  • Astronuc
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Mag 5.0 - 49km N of Boudinar, Morocco

  • Astronuc
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Does Wave Refraction Change Wave Direction or Alignment

  • Tom MS
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Major M 7.8 quake SW of Sumatra, Indonesia

  • davenn
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Safest region on Earth from natural disasters

  • Solid Snake
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Greenhouse effect on planetary equilibrium temperature help

  • AotrsCommander
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How did Scott find Amundsen's flag at the South Pole without GPS?

  • Stephanus
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Mag 6.4 Earthquake near Pingtung, Taiwan

  • Astronuc
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Polar Jet Stream Flow: Counter-Clockwise Around Earth

  • pwn01
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Hurricane reduction through ocean surface cooling

  • alchemical
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Rapper B.o.B. says the Earth is flat; NdGT responds

  • Enigman
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"Temperature feel" and evaporation

  • Ronny33344
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Gaian Bottleneck Astrobiology: The Case for Habitability

  • jim mcnamara
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Mag 6.8 Earthquake, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

  • Astronuc
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Ant Reproduction Without Queen: Possible?

  • Stephanus
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Miscellaneous wonders: The Carbon Nanotube Earth Veil

  • lucaex baronium
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How Do Rivers and Lakes Form and What Determines Their Type?

  • caters
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Relationship between "Coriolis Effect" and "Gold Ratio"?

  • DrYassine
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Double Sun -- Mirage or Hoax or Physics

  • peteb
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Does Condensation of Water Vapor Constitute Heat Transfer?

  • klimatos
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Why doesn't water freeze when there are clouds?

  • Abdul Majid
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Is Climate Change Causing Unusually Warm Winters?

  • Isaac0427
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Severe winds, tornadoes and hurricanes

  • greggAJ
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GISS surface temperature - confidence intervals

  • Tandem78
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Atmosphere Layer: Gases Buoyancy & Wind Effects

  • Stephanus
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Contribution of mobile phones to global warming

  • Flashbond
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Could a Dehydrated Earth Create Light Disturbances on KIC 8462852?

  • Dryson1
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Composting Process: Learn About Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen & Nitrogen

  • Stephanus
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Could the Thames River basin once have been home to abundant hippopotami?

  • klimatos
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Nepal Earthquake - Human Impact

  • Astronuc
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Limit of Wind Speed on Planets: Factors and Upper Bound Explanation

  • Justice Hunter
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Why are Whirlpools not as big as Tornados/hurricanes?

  • Justice Hunter
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How to distinguish between mesophilic and cooling stages in composting?

  • Stephanus
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Collecting Tornado energy in order to dissipate it

  • Dukon
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Is the 'Rising Sea Levels' Argument for Global Warming Valid?

  • thetexan
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What would happen if? you heatsink earth and space

  • fredey
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Vacuum in Torricelli Barometer and it's force?

  • CollinsArg
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Double Whammy M7.6's in central Peru

  • davenn
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Some Thoughts on Atmospheric Systems

  • klimatos
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Normal on a mass have different values at pole and equator

  • Angie Tom
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October skies darker than December skies?

  • DaveC426913
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Why is air-water contact angle usually assumed to be 0 ?

  • Sorade
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Do Plasma Phenomena Indicate Imminent Earthquakes?

  • PhysicsFan11
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6.7 Mag Earthquake near Makurazaki, Japan (E. China Sea)

  • Astronuc
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Soliciting Ideas for "Research Proposals" GeoPhysics

  • RJLiberator
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3.2 billion year old oxygen found on Earth

  • wolram
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Mag 7.5 - Badahkshan, Afghanistan - Hindu Kush

  • Astronuc
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Will a solar storm hit us soon, or was this a one off event

  • wolram
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Hurricane Patricia - October 22-24, 2015

  • Astronuc
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Say goodbye to Miami and new Orleans

  • wolram
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Are there coupled reactions in geology?

  • techmologist
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Deccan traps volcanic output and the Chicxulub impact

  • jim mcnamara
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How much do surfaces tilt due to tidal forces?

  • Adrian B
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Mummies found in UK and Scotland

  • wolram
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Is Greenhouse Gas the Main Cause of Global Warming? Experiments and Evidence

  • Let'sthink
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Possible Tsunami Warning for Papua Quake?

  • davenn
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California and Florida in hundreds of years

  • Jupiter60
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Do lunar forces have more of an effect than we know?

  • WHT
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How do we have the amount of water we do on this planet?

  • S.daniels009
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What caused the M 8.3 earthquake in Chile on September 16, 2015?

  • davenn
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Can planting trees really reduce CO2 in atmosphere?

  • Steve Aplin
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How to draw longitudinal lines on a circle as Earth?

  • Nargis Adham
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Younger Dryas - likely the result of meteor impact

  • jim mcnamara
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Ozone Depletion: A Cause for Concern Despite Limited UV Radiation

  • Rahul Manavalan
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Intraplate Earthquakes and Seismicity

  • Astronuc
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Younger Dryas and the Gulf Stream Urban Myth

  • betzalel
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Sun's heat on Earth in summer and winter

  • Graeme M
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Don't the magnetic poles affect radioactive decay?

  • Tzimtzum
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Average surface temperature independent of radiative gasses?

  • Andre
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How is speed of rotation of Earth's Inner Core calculated?

  • RJLiberator
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Reversal of Earth's magnetic field

  • Roodles01
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CCS Carbon Dioxide Storage Capture

  • Waxterzz
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Landfill methane gas emissions

  • UMath1
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10 Aug 2015 a significant quake M 6.6, Solomon Isl

  • davenn
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Earth Core Temperature: Causes & Impact

  • Stephanus
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Plate Tectonics & Evidence of Life

  • Aaron8547
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Calculating sunrise/sunset times

  • ScienceMan
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Temperature for 3 or 4ft underground

  • Rose Gardener
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Earth's Rotation and Atmosphere

  • Iseous
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The Safest Thing to Do On an Open Field During Lightning

  • stevmg
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Huge Salt Water "Ocean" Found Beneath Chinese Desert

  • zoobyshoe
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Does the Moon's Gravity Affect Atmospheric Tides?

  • Nidum
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Question regarding sound and Earth's rotation

  • Joe Williams
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Possibility to use fast-growing sea plant to cool the earth?

  • philton
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Total column water calculation from radiosonde data

  • saeed_abbasy79
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Mechanics of possible Pacific NW earthquake

  • marcus
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What is the Impact of the M 7.0 Earthquake in Solomon Islands?

  • davenn
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Understanding the Science Behind Lightning

  • stevmg
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Did an inland sea once exist in North America?

  • arabianights
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Why is there a seasonal cycle of CO2?

  • Kior
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Timescale of the biological pump?

  • Kior
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Why has CO2 decreased in the history of the Earth?

  • Kior
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What is the difference between a carbon sink and reservoir?

  • Kior
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Net charge of the surface of the earth

  • samueljun
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Meteorological curiosity - "volcano tornado"

  • Dotini
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