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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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Humanity on a ticking time bomb?

Apr 26, 2007 · Replies 22 · May 20, 2007

Replies: 22

Views: 11K

Study: Global Warming Could Hinder Hurricanes

Apr 19, 2007 · Replies 5 · May 18, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Unveiling the Mystery of Ice Ages: The Role of Galactic Cosmic Rays

Mar 3, 2007 · Replies 27 · May 11, 2007

Replies: 27

Views: 13K

When Can You See the Sunset and Sunrise at Vinson Massif in Antarctica?

May 6, 2007 · Replies 3 · May 7, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 16K

Scientists study Earth's missing crust

Mar 6, 2007 · Replies 6 · May 3, 2007

Replies: 6

Views: 9K

Underground continent info needed

Apr 17, 2007 · Replies 14 · May 3, 2007

Replies: 14

Views: 5K

IPCC Assessment report 4 WG1 the science

Apr 30, 2007 · Replies 1 · Apr 30, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Could Earth's Magnetic Field Influence Meteorite Trajectories?

Apr 27, 2007 · Replies 2 · Apr 29, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 7K

Most Genius Physicists on Earth?

Apr 17, 2007 · Replies 46 · Apr 28, 2007

Replies: 46

Views: 6K

Do Plants Contribute to Methane Emissions?

Apr 27, 2007 · Replies 1 · Apr 27, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Is global warming putting cities at risk of being flooded?

Apr 17, 2007 · Replies 3 · Apr 26, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Have You Seen Discovery's Planet Earth Yet?

Apr 24, 2007 · Replies 9 · Apr 26, 2007

Replies: 9

Views: 4K

Are Volcanic Emissions Really Greater Than Man-Made Greenhouse Gases?

Mar 30, 2007 · Replies 9 · Apr 24, 2007

Replies: 9

Views: 26K

Clathrate gun kills Pleistocene mega fauna.

Mar 21, 2004 · Replies 2 · Apr 23, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 5K

Discussing the Pulsating Equator Hypothesis

Apr 10, 2007 · Replies 9 · Apr 12, 2007

Replies: 9

Views: 5K

The most used arguement against global warming skeptics

Mar 28, 2007 · Replies 15 · Apr 10, 2007

Replies: 15

Views: 6K

Record low temperatures in Arctic ozone layer - causing ozone loss

Apr 9, 2007 · Replies 1 · Apr 9, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 6K

A Model of Human Population Growth: Is a Breaking Point Coming?

Mar 9, 2007 · Replies 10 · Apr 9, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

Why Are Noctilucent Clouds Increasing in Number and Brightness?

Apr 4, 2007 · Replies 1 · Apr 9, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Asteroid Impacts: What Happens In the Deep Ocean?

Mar 4, 2007 · Replies 7 · Apr 6, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 10K

50% reduction in penguin population

Apr 1, 2007 · Replies 12 · Apr 4, 2007

Replies: 12

Views: 5K

An Inconvient Truth: Help with Homework Questions

Mar 23, 2007 · Replies 18 · Apr 1, 2007

Replies: 18

Views: 7K

Continents on the northern hemisphere

Mar 31, 2007 · Replies 3 · Apr 1, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 8K

Global warming causes great cooling

Mar 24, 2007 · Replies 4 · Mar 26, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 8K

Himalayan Earthquakes: Role of Tibetan Plateau

Mar 17, 2007 · Replies 8 · Mar 25, 2007

Replies: 8

Views: 6K

Can You Dig a Hole Through the Earth?

Mar 16, 2007 · Replies 2 · Mar 23, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 7K

Is Human Activity the Primary Driver of Global Warming?

Feb 13, 2007 · Replies 10 · Mar 23, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

Al Gore's Testimony to the United States House

Mar 22, 2007 · Replies 3 · Mar 22, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Where is the Center of the Earth?

Mar 20, 2007 · Replies 1 · Mar 20, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 65K

What caused the sea to inundate Beijing within the past 80,000 years?

Jan 22, 2007 · Replies 66 · Mar 17, 2007

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Views: 17K

Seaport 2.5 Miles Above Sea Level(?)

Mar 13, 2007 · Replies 10 · Mar 14, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 10K

Did the core of the Earth collide with the Earth billions of years ago?

Feb 22, 2007 · Replies 10 · Mar 13, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 11K

Climate change and Earth reflectivity

Aug 1, 2004 · Replies 10 · Mar 12, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 8K

How Do Clouds Impact CO2 Levels and Global Warming?

Feb 9, 2007 · Replies 7 · Mar 9, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 6K

$10B international prize to find something which will stop/halt/global warming?

Feb 11, 2007 · Replies 11 · Feb 26, 2007

Replies: 11

Views: 4K

Ice Age Floods cause mass extinctions?

Jul 27, 2006 · Replies 101 · Feb 26, 2007

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Replies: 101

Views: 32K

Recognition of 'Sublimation of Atmosphere'

Feb 25, 2007 · Replies 4 · Feb 25, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Why does the earth have a core and can a planet exist without one?

Feb 17, 2007 · Replies 3 · Feb 18, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 15K

Earth scientists and their problems with one another

Feb 8, 2007 · Replies 7 · Feb 16, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Statistical analysis that warmer oceans caused the crazy hurricains last year

Mar 23, 2006 · Replies 17 · Feb 16, 2007

Replies: 17

Views: 5K

How Does Latitude and Longitude Affect Sunrise Times?

Jan 27, 2007 · Replies 4 · Feb 13, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 6K

Why is the Earth's interior hot and how does it affect our planet?

Feb 8, 2007 · Replies 9 · Feb 12, 2007

Replies: 9

Views: 4K

Gravitational invluence of glaciers

Feb 11, 2007 · Replies 1 · Feb 11, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Creationists and mt. st. helens / fossil denial, help

Feb 5, 2007 · Replies 14 · Feb 10, 2007

Replies: 14

Views: 17K

Solutions to the energy crisis / global warming problem

Feb 3, 2007 · Replies 10 · Feb 9, 2007

Replies: 10

Views: 81K

Finding the Missing Player in Pleistocene Ice Age Discussions

Jan 29, 2007 · Replies 29 · Feb 3, 2007

Replies: 29

Views: 7K

Earth has inner core surface property variations at 1km scale

Feb 2, 2007 · Replies 4 · Feb 2, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

What caused the supercontinent to break up

Jan 30, 2007 · Replies 12 · Feb 2, 2007

Replies: 12

Views: 9K

Lehmann discontinuity and shear wave anisotropy

Jan 29, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 29, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Feasibility of fission reactor at centre of Earth

Jan 28, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 29, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Understanding Earth's Complex Energy System and Global Warming

Dec 4, 2006 · Replies 16 · Jan 29, 2007

Replies: 16

Views: 9K

ICAL THEORY: Global Warming & Its Impact

Jan 9, 2007 · Replies 5 · Jan 29, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

Aircraft exhaust causes cirrus cloud formation

Jan 28, 2007 · Replies 2 · Jan 29, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

Iron in Mesophere: Impact on Global Warming

Jan 28, 2007 · Replies 4 · Jan 28, 2007

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Heat from inside the Earth causing global warming?

Jan 26, 2007 · Replies 9 · Jan 27, 2007

Replies: 9

Views: 6K

Nitrous oxide,hydrocarbons and greenhouse

Jan 27, 2007 · Replies 5 · Jan 27, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Particles from space seed cloud formation and greenhouse

Jan 26, 2007 · Replies 5 · Jan 27, 2007

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Link between the length of duration of El Nino and when the next El Nino occurs

Jan 27, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 27, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 5K

Stratospheric temperatures have been constant for 10 years

Jan 25, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 26, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

How much of the various fuels is there on Earth

Jan 12, 2007 · Replies 6 · Jan 25, 2007

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

How Does Global Warming Influence Record-Breaking Temperatures in Philadelphia?

Jan 14, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 24, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

The Impact of Human Actions on Animals: A Call to Action

Jan 23, 2007 · Replies 2 · Jan 23, 2007

Replies: 2

Views: 11K

Dating Methods: Uncovering Earth's History

Dec 29, 2006 · Replies 7 · Jan 22, 2007

Replies: 7

Views: 5K

Are Isotopes in Ice Cores Indicators of Temperature or Precipitation?

Jan 19, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 19, 2007

Replies: 1

Views: 4K

Meridional Overturning Circulation vs. Thermohaline Circulation?

Jan 16, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 19, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 15K

If you diged so deep into the earth

Jan 13, 2007 · Replies 9 · Jan 16, 2007

Replies: 9

Views: 7K

Extremely Cold Winters and Global Warming

Jan 14, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 14, 2007

Replies: 3

Views: 8K

Why is the earth constantly rotating, but we as humans can never feel it?

Jul 26, 2006 · Replies 32 · Jan 11, 2007

Replies: 32

Views: 16K

Paleocene Eocene Thermal Maximum: filling an ocean?

Dec 17, 2006 · Replies 23 · Jan 7, 2007

Replies: 23

Views: 10K

How Severe Was the Mag 7.1 Earthquake Near Taiwan?

Dec 26, 2006 · Replies 5 · Dec 27, 2006

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

What Would Happen if the Earth's Core Cooled Completely?

Aug 31, 2006 · Replies 14 · Dec 21, 2006

Replies: 14

Views: 5K

Moon & Tides: Learn How They're Connected

Apr 9, 2005 · Replies 20 · Dec 16, 2006

Replies: 20

Views: 8K

Geo. Chilingar paper - Is this science?

Dec 11, 2006 · Replies 17 · Dec 15, 2006

Replies: 17

Views: 6K

Environmental Physics Essay Ideas - Unique & Interesting

Dec 9, 2006 · Replies 13 · Dec 14, 2006

Replies: 13

Views: 3K

Soil pH affected by soil texture?

Nov 28, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 12, 2006

Replies: 2

Views: 21K

History of thermohaline circulation

Oct 29, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 10, 2006

Replies: 6

Views: 5K

Is GEOKEM the Most Comprehensive Resource for Petrology and Geochemistry?

Nov 26, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

BIENT: CO2 Sequestration: Is Burying CO2 Safe?

Nov 8, 2006 · Replies 24 · Nov 24, 2006

Replies: 24

Views: 6K

Detailed blank maps of countries and their states

Sep 11, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 6

Views: 4K

What would be the perfect representative of earth look like?

Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 35 · Nov 17, 2006

Replies: 35

Views: 5K

Discover the Remarkable Font That Will Elevate Your Website Design

Nov 15, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

One-to-one coupling of glacial climate variability in Greenland and Antarctica

Nov 10, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 10, 2006

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

Global Warming and the Precautionary Principle

Nov 8, 2006 · Replies 5 · Nov 9, 2006

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Devils A.H. Discovered in Countryside

Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 7, 2006

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Is the Hockeystick Theory Finally Dead?

Jul 29, 2006 · Replies 15 · Nov 7, 2006

Replies: 15

Views: 5K

How can anyone question man's significant role in global warming?

Sep 7, 2006 · Replies 86 · Nov 6, 2006

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Replies: 86

Views: 16K

Particle distribution inside clouds

Oct 30, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 30, 2006

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Earth's Wobble Blamed For Climate Change

Oct 13, 2006 · Replies 14 · Oct 25, 2006

Replies: 14

Views: 24K

Does Earth's Stability Depend on Mountains?

Oct 22, 2006 · Replies 2 · Oct 22, 2006

Replies: 2

Views: 18K

Weather Patterns: Effect of Vertical Earth Rotation

Jul 22, 2006 · Replies 5 · Oct 22, 2006

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Real-Time Earth & Moon Viewer | Fourmilab

Oct 18, 2006 · Replies 10 · Oct 19, 2006

Replies: 10

Views: 3K

Reforesting France with Carbon from Fossil Fuels

Oct 2, 2006 · Replies 8 · Oct 10, 2006

Replies: 8

Views: 5K

Any speculation on the giant polynya in the Beaufort Sea?

Sep 22, 2006 · Replies 17 · Oct 5, 2006

Replies: 17

Views: 4K

Minor Earthquake near Bar Harbor, Maine

Oct 3, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Help ID'ing cause of terrain feature:

Sep 14, 2006 · Replies 3 · Oct 2, 2006

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

200,000,000 Years of Continental drift around Antarctica

Sep 24, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 2, 2006

Replies: 1

Views: 7K

Why do clouds hold their shape in the wind?

Sep 22, 2006 · Replies 3 · Sep 24, 2006

Replies: 3

Views: 5K

Information concerning the Hubbert Peak Theory

Mar 17, 2006 · Replies 15 · Sep 21, 2006

Replies: 15

Views: 6K

Why is the CO2 concentration so erratic in the north?

Sep 19, 2006 · Replies 3 · Sep 21, 2006

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

WOW - Strong Earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico

Sep 10, 2006 · Replies 5 · Sep 11, 2006

Replies: 5

Views: 6K

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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