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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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Earthquake Weather: Hazy & Hot at 90°F

Sep 30, 2008 · Replies 3 · Oct 2, 2008

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Does Ice Evaporate? Answers Here!

Sep 12, 2008 · Replies 5 · Sep 29, 2008

Replies: 5

Views: 10K

Gravity corrections- latitude correction

Sep 26, 2008 · Replies 1 · Sep 26, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 20K

Why Did People Believe the Earth Was Flat?

Sep 26, 2008 · Replies 11 · Sep 26, 2008

Replies: 11

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Gravity anomalies : geoid v reference ellipsoid

Sep 22, 2008 · Replies 3 · Sep 23, 2008

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Could the moon be considered as a threshold triger factor for eathquakes

Sep 10, 2008 · Replies 2 · Sep 22, 2008

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Are isotopes a reliable indicator of paleoclimate change?

Sep 5, 2008 · Replies 4 · Sep 18, 2008

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Physical Oceanography: Global Warming & Earth's Ocean

Sep 10, 2008 · Replies 1 · Sep 10, 2008

Replies: 1

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What is an acceptable risk to destroy the earth ?

Sep 5, 2008 · Replies 30 · Sep 8, 2008

Replies: 30

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What do we know about the future of Yellowstone and Long Valley Calderas?

Aug 17, 2008 · Replies 8 · Sep 3, 2008

Replies: 8

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Why Are Iron and Nickel the Only Heavy Metals in Earth's Core?

Aug 12, 2008 · Replies 30 · Sep 3, 2008

Replies: 30

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Leaky Atmosphere: Earth's Magnetic Field Driving Oxygen Away

Sep 1, 2008 · Replies 1 · Sep 2, 2008

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How Can We Forecast Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions?

Sep 2, 2008 · Replies 2 · Sep 2, 2008

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Is the Hollow Earth Hypothesis a Hidden Truth or Just a Myth?

Aug 26, 2008 · Replies 7 · Aug 30, 2008

Replies: 7

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Draining the Gulf of Mexico to prevent hurricanes from reaching the US?

Aug 29, 2008 · Replies 6 · Aug 30, 2008

Replies: 6

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How do plastic bags damage the environment?

Aug 22, 2008 · Replies 1 · Aug 22, 2008

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Views: 14K

Unmasking the IPCC's 2500 "Scientists": A Climate Crisis Reality Check

Jul 13, 2008 · Replies 18 · Aug 22, 2008

Replies: 18

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The UN climate change numbers hoax

Jul 13, 2008 · Replies 35 · Aug 22, 2008

Replies: 35

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Did ancient civilizations believe in a spherical Earth like Pythagoras did?

Aug 18, 2008 · Replies 10 · Aug 21, 2008

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Highest Mountain: Mount Everest & Past Higher Mountains

Jul 30, 2008 · Replies 7 · Aug 18, 2008

Replies: 7

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Flying through volcanic ash can be dangerous for aircraft and passengers.

Aug 11, 2008 · Replies 9 · Aug 12, 2008

Replies: 9

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American west hotter than average

Aug 11, 2008 · Replies 2 · Aug 11, 2008

Replies: 2

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Geological aspect of mountains?

Aug 19, 2007 · Replies 14 · Aug 8, 2008

Replies: 14

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What happened to the pictures on google earth?

Jul 29, 2008 · Replies 6 · Aug 7, 2008

Replies: 6

Views: 14K

What is the impact of human activity on Earth's temperature?

Jul 30, 2008 · Replies 8 · Jul 31, 2008

Replies: 8

Views: 4K

Video: How Tiny is Planet Earth?

Jul 31, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jul 31, 2008

Replies: 2

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Is the Media Exaggerating Climate Change?

Jul 27, 2008 · Replies 17 · Jul 29, 2008

Replies: 17

Views: 7K

Is It Possible to Detect Alien Life in Space?

Jun 9, 2005 · Replies 21 · Jul 28, 2008

Replies: 21

Views: 6K

World low pressures circulations

Jul 28, 2008 · Replies 3 · Jul 28, 2008

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Is Cloud Movement Dependent On Wind?

Jul 21, 2008 · Replies 5 · Jul 27, 2008

Replies: 5

Views: 20K

How does the planet earth exist?

Jul 22, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jul 25, 2008

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Views: 13K

There are currently no solar projects on any federal land

Jul 7, 2008 · Replies 17 · Jul 22, 2008

Replies: 17

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Does Miskolczi's Paper Refute the Current Math of Greenhouse Effect?

May 3, 2008 · Replies 17 · Jul 21, 2008

Replies: 17

Views: 22K

Digging Through the Earth: What Would Happen?

Oct 5, 2004 · Replies 29 · Jul 18, 2008

Replies: 29

Views: 18K

Get Off the Earth" Puzzle - PlanetPerplex.com

Jul 17, 2008 · Replies 4 · Jul 18, 2008

Replies: 4

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Oldest Diamonds Reveal Evidence of Ancient Life

Jul 12, 2008 · Replies 3 · Jul 14, 2008

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Why there's always wind with each earthquake aftershock?

May 25, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jul 9, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 9K

CO2 Saturation Point: Effect as Greenhouse Gas

Apr 26, 2008 · Replies 17 · Jul 5, 2008

Replies: 17

Views: 39K

The merely interfere with the truly important

Oct 22, 2004 · Replies 46 · Jul 5, 2008

Replies: 46

Views: 13K

Effects the Chernobyl accident caused are evident now?

Jun 28, 2008 · Replies 7 · Jun 30, 2008

Replies: 7

Views: 5K

What is the true amount of oil reserves in the US and worldwide?

Jun 28, 2008 · Replies 1 · Jun 28, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

What Properties Make Earth Habitable for Life?

Oct 12, 2004 · Replies 34 · Jun 27, 2008

Replies: 34

Views: 10K

Impact of irrigation on global warming?

Jun 18, 2008 · Replies 16 · Jun 24, 2008

Replies: 16

Views: 5K

Turbulence in the ionosphere and global warming

Jun 10, 2008 · Replies 18 · Jun 18, 2008

Replies: 18

Views: 6K

Could human activity have caused the Tunguska event?

Jun 17, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jun 18, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Global warming computer program

Jun 17, 2008 · Replies 1 · Jun 17, 2008

Replies: 1

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Global warming and CO2 hotspots?

Jun 14, 2008 · Replies 1 · Jun 15, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Does Plate Tectonics Exist Because of the Moon?

Jun 12, 2008 · Replies 4 · Jun 14, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Could Magnetic Field Fluctuations Explain the Bermuda Triangle Disappearances?

Jun 10, 2008 · Replies 10 · Jun 14, 2008

Replies: 10

Views: 8K

What causes the mysterious striped currents in our oceans?

Apr 16, 2008 · Replies 20 · Jun 13, 2008

Replies: 20

Views: 7K

Did a solar flare cause tunguska?

Jun 10, 2008 · Replies 9 · Jun 12, 2008

Replies: 9

Views: 4K

Airborne dust, water vapour and global warming

Jun 10, 2008 · Replies 2 · Jun 10, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Do you think Earth will ever end?

Jun 1, 2008 · Replies 5 · Jun 1, 2008

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

Some perspectives on the science of climate change

May 23, 2008 · Replies 2 · May 28, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

What is the North Sea's Fossil Treasure Trove?

May 27, 2008 · Replies 6 · May 28, 2008

Replies: 6

Views: 6K

Ancient new form of Ice on Mars?

May 28, 2008 · Replies 1 · May 28, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

What caused the recent earthquake in England?

Feb 27, 2008 · Replies 20 · May 23, 2008

Replies: 20

Views: 6K

Stop Biofuel Lunacy: Effects on Global Food Crisis

Apr 8, 2008 · Replies 108 · May 20, 2008

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Replies: 108

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Absorbtion and emissions - Carbon dioxide

May 14, 2008 · Replies 5 · May 15, 2008

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

Is Global Warming Really Happening? A Look at Recent News and Controversies

May 2, 2008 · Replies 38 · May 14, 2008

Replies: 38

Views: 7K

West Antarctica Total Disintegration - a worse case scenario?

Dec 24, 2007 · Replies 8 · May 14, 2008

Replies: 8

Views: 5K

Deadly Earthquake Rocks China: What Happened?

Apr 18, 2008 · Replies 38 · May 12, 2008

Replies: 38

Views: 7K

Concussive effects of asteroid impact on marine life

May 7, 2008 · Replies 2 · May 8, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

Debunking Hydrogen Car Lunacy: The Truth About Pollution

Apr 22, 2008 · Replies 61 · May 7, 2008

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Replies: 61

Views: 13K

Chaitén volcano and electrical storms

May 7, 2008 · Replies 3 · May 7, 2008

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Atmospheric oxygen levels Cambrian -> now

Apr 29, 2008 · Replies 22 · May 6, 2008

Replies: 22

Views: 9K

Composition of the Earth's core

Apr 29, 2008 · Replies 3 · May 4, 2008

Replies: 3

Views: 11K

Volcanic heat from compression or just friction?

May 3, 2008 · Replies 5 · May 4, 2008

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

New Evidence: Bacteria Causes Rain

May 1, 2008 · Replies 1 · May 1, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Earths albedo controlled by cosmic rays

Jan 16, 2008 · Replies 11 · May 1, 2008

Replies: 11

Views: 5K

CO2 and Oxygen LevelsAre oxygen levels declining due to increasing CO2 levels?

Apr 30, 2008 · Replies 4 · Apr 30, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 7K

Purple stone, what are the likely contents?

Apr 17, 2008 · Replies 8 · Apr 28, 2008

Replies: 8

Views: 14K

Are Egypt's Pyramids Built from Marine Fossils?

Apr 28, 2008 · Replies 2 · Apr 28, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Pothead discovers worlds largest impact crater

Apr 25, 2008 · Replies 4 · Apr 25, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 5K

Sunspot Activity and the Possibility of a New Little Ice Age

Apr 24, 2008 · Replies 4 · Apr 25, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Geopathology, or underground water causing cancer - is there any basis?

Apr 22, 2008 · Replies 5 · Apr 23, 2008

Replies: 5

Views: 6K

What is the potential impact of Toyota's CO2-reducing product on Earth Day?

Apr 23, 2008 · Replies 2 · Apr 23, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Why are Fossil Fuels and Deforestation Still the Main Causes of Global Warming?

Apr 22, 2008 · Replies 4 · Apr 22, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Paleontology In the Turkana Valley

Apr 20, 2008 · Replies 2 · Apr 21, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

What is the Scientifically Accepted Age of Planet Earth?

Mar 11, 2008 · Replies 18 · Apr 19, 2008

Replies: 18

Views: 16K

Can cosmic rays affect Earth's climate?

Apr 17, 2008 · Replies 2 · Apr 19, 2008

Replies: 2

Views: 3K

Secure a Seat on the New Planet: What You Need to Know

Apr 16, 2008 · Replies 70 · Apr 18, 2008

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Replies: 70

Views: 9K

Nuclear Winter - science or myth?

Mar 21, 2008 · Replies 15 · Apr 18, 2008

Replies: 15

Views: 15K

Thanks for the link, unfortunately it requires a subscription.

Apr 4, 2008 · Replies 68 · Apr 16, 2008

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Replies: 68

Views: 15K

Has anyone seen 'Planet Earth'?

Apr 4, 2008 · Replies 21 · Apr 9, 2008

Replies: 21

Views: 5K

Appearing Now on a YouTube Near You

Apr 7, 2008 · Replies 1 · Apr 7, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Fluorescent colours and the atmosphere

Apr 7, 2008 · Replies 1 · Apr 7, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

The lifetime of plants is 95% complete.

Apr 7, 2008 · Replies 3 · Apr 7, 2008

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

How many Glaciers are there in the World?

Mar 25, 2008 · Replies 3 · Apr 1, 2008

Replies: 3

Views: 18K

Potential Consequences of Large-Scale Earth Hour Participation

Jan 24, 2008 · Replies 71 · Mar 31, 2008

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Replies: 71

Views: 34K

Please help me about Process of Clouds, Rain, and Struktur of Atmosphere

Mar 31, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 31, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 7K

Degrees & Minutes: Explaining the 360º System

Mar 26, 2008 · Replies 3 · Mar 30, 2008

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

China's Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe?

Mar 28, 2008 · Replies 1 · Mar 28, 2008

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Detailed rainfall, sunlight, and temperature data?

Mar 23, 2008 · Replies 4 · Mar 25, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 5K

Is Al Gore's Presentation of Global Warming in An Inconvenient Truth Accurate?

Mar 13, 2008 · Replies 133 · Mar 25, 2008

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Replies: 133

Views: 18K

The Mystery of Global Warming's Missing Heat

Mar 19, 2008 · Replies 15 · Mar 23, 2008

Replies: 15

Views: 6K

The growth of a corral fossil over 1 day

Mar 18, 2008 · Replies 4 · Mar 19, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

How Does Our Atmosphere Shield Us from Cosmic Rays?

Mar 9, 2008 · Replies 19 · Mar 16, 2008

Replies: 19

Views: 5K

Is the Greenhouse Gas Equation Wrong?

Mar 9, 2008 · Replies 8 · Mar 15, 2008

Replies: 8

Views: 10K

Can I find a photo of a landform created by tectonic shear in Canada?

Jan 18, 2008 · Replies 4 · Mar 15, 2008

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Earth Sciences

Earth sciences encompass a multidisciplinary field focused on the study of the Earth and its various processes. This scientific endeavor encompasses geology, meteorology, oceanography, and environmental science.

Geologists investigate the Earth's structure, composition, and the dynamic processes shaping its surface, such as earthquakes and volcanoes. Meteorologists study the atmosphere, weather patterns, and climate. Oceanographers delve into the complexities of the oceans, including currents, marine life, and the impact of human activities. Environmental scientists analyze interactions between human activities and the environment, addressing issues like pollution, climate change, and sustainability.

Together, these Earth sciences contribute to our understanding of the planet's past, present, and future, aiding in the development of strategies for responsible resource management and environmental conservation.

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