Earth Sciences Forum

Join the experts in discussing earth science topics. Earth science is the physical state of the earth and its atmosphere. Such as Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Ecology.

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When did plate tectonics begin?

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Do we have any ways to drill through oceanic crust?

  • Simfish
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What happens when we run out of ores?

  • Delong
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9.3 Earthquake strikes California

  • Pengwuino
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Loss of heat from the Earth's core

  • whuzzwhuzz
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Induced seismicity and low frequencies

  • rockhouse
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Amount of co2 produced for each year

  • Howlin
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Could Earth Lose its Orbit and Face Destruction?

  • jobyts
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Can Atmospheric Pressure be Accurately Modeled at 300km Altitude?

  • s4177112
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What is "NADD" in Groundwater Level?

  • BobbyBear
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Job opportunities at all career stages for geoscientists is on the rise

  • Simfish
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Japanese Earthquake - was it really that devastating?

  • Simfish
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Unusual Seismic Activity in the Pacific NW US

  • Ivan Seeking
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Mineralogy Course Info: Outlines, Focus, Sources

  • Boxxxed
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Why can't we harness energy from lightning?

  • Darken-Sol
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Can Volcanic Activity Affect Earth's Magnetic Field?

  • Tanja
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What caused the Eocene-Oligocene boundary cooling 33.7 million years ago?

  • aspergers@40
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Architecture Student Seeks Advice on Wind-Catcher Design

  • shoayb
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Did Quark Matter Penetrate Earth in 1993?

  • g33kski11z
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Origin and Development of Earth's Atmosphere

  • M.T.
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(Nova) Mt St Helens: Back From the Dead

  • BarnRat
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How much energy is in the solar wind plus

  • cskoog
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Accelerometer-based seismometer?

  • moonman239
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How are you celebrating Earth day?

  • brother time
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How do scientists study the past atmosphere?

  • neginf
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Temperature change and Milankovitch cycles

  • neginf
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Weather on a planet with no continents

  • Somes J
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What equations do meteorologists use to predict weather patterns?

  • Q_Goest
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How Does Increasing Solar Luminosity Impact the Inner Planets?

  • ladykrimson
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What % of Earth Science professors have ties to the oil/gas industry?

  • Simfish
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Explain Magma: Basaltic vs Rhyolitic Temperatures

  • lollyone
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How Do Clouds Form?

  • Kalrag
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Can We Artificially Create Clouds?

  • Kalrag
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Is Earth's rotation accelerating or slowing down?

  • heldervelez
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Precipitable Water Vapor calculation

  • redcapaussie
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Why are there so many earthquakes happening so fast?

  • The_Absolute
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How many sensors do we have in the Earth's oceans?

  • Simfish
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Earths surface temperature at night

  • semiotically
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Earth's Changing Rotation: Geological and Paleontological Evidence

  • Vagn
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How exactly do you measure the Richter magnitude of an earthquake?

  • Simfish
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How stable are caves over time?

  • Simfish
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Percent water vapor - greenhouse gas

  • glenncz
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Making diesel with sun, water, CO2

  • Evo
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Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology: Vol 1 or All 3?

  • Archosaur
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Optimal Placement of Seismographs w/12 Instruments

  • webbwbb
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Why is the Pacific side of the Panama Canal 20 cm higher?

  • twain
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Why is there much more NaCl than other salts in the sea?

  • twain
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Plant or Animal? Mysterious Fossils Defy Classification

  • Evo
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Husband found this fossil in a load of gravel

  • jwhittecar
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I think human population is too much.

  • Chitose
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What's gravity like? at center of the earth

  • Chitose
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The Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011?

  • SW VandeCarr
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How many people can Earth support at current technology levels?

  • PhilKravitz
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Physical Geography vs Geology class

  • tree-lights
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What Caused the End Permian Mass Extinction?

  • billiards
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Earth's Moon Origin: Is a Meteor Plausible?

  • HeadScratcher
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What causes the fluctuation of el nino events?

  • oceanOgrapher
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Where does the earth's water originally come from?

  • Earthmosphere
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How Do Cold and Warm Fronts Form and Affect Weather?

  • Kalrag
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What causes global O2 levels to rise in spring/summer?

  • Hoku
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How could the BP oil spill slow the Gulf Stream?

  • Andrew Mason
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Scientists warn California could be struck by winter ‘superstorm’

  • jreelawg
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Earth’s magnetic field has reversed a number of times in its history

  • momentum
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Parting of the Red Sea 'may have happened'

  • JaredJames
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Do you offer support for Earth Science and Geosystem coursework?

  • vaironl
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Third (equatorial) desert belt during Mesozoic era?

  • onomatomanic
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Dead birds and fish in Arkansas

  • EnumaElish
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How much energy does wind contribute to the Earth's atmosphere?

  • Kmenex
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Interesting feature on a weather map

  • SW VandeCarr
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Famous quote of 2010, earthquakes caused by women dressing immodestly .

  • SW VandeCarr
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Find Free University Courses Online - Academic Earth

  • Kevin_Axion
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Can orbital inclination solve problems with Milankovitch cycle theory?

  • Mammo
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Melting arctic ice = NMP movement increase?

  • dwaring28720
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Chances of Human survival in the Universe beyond the Earth

  • Bullo
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Is the Planet's Surface Hotter Than Its Shell?

  • Tandem78
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Why Can't We See Mountains on the Moon from Certain Places on Earth?

  • Smartoad
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Enhanced oil recovery and CO2:ecological aspect?

  • DrDu
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Apocalypse sized meteor. How big and speed?

  • royzizzle
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Where Can I Find Multispectral Images of the Earth?

  • binbots
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What Are These Unidentified Rocks and Minerals I Found?

  • Panwasbipolar
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What is the average temperature of the Earth?

  • Simon43254
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Recent Journal/Paper of Antarctic/Artic Sea Ice Monitoring

  • yifang
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How did oxygen come to Earth's atmosphere?

  • johncena
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Academic Earth- A Collection of Free Video Lectures on Many Subjects

  • Ivan92
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Can We Colonize the North Pole?

  • Dremmer
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Stratospheric Cooling: Why is it Cooler Than the Ground?

  • Wannabeagenius
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How to determine the time period.

  • eptheta
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What are ice circles and how do they form?

  • DaveC426913
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Indonesia - Merapi and earthquakes

  • Astronuc
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Change of sea level in relation to sea ground

  • G.H.Hardy
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Would Europeans look Asian if they lived there for generations?

  • mreq
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Why is the Holocene plateau warmer than previous interglacial peaks?

  • DarioC
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Who cares about Earth's magnetic field and ozone layer?

  • Jon Richfield
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Daylight at Night using the Ionosphere?

  • Your-Majesty
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Tidal amplitude on a molten earth?

  • xosteve
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Mastodons and Mammoths of the Auvergne

  • Andre
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