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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Ocean: New alternative energy source idea

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Water vapour overlooked as greenhouse gas ?

  • Robin
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Ok, so it is 80 degrees F in Texas

  • Plastic Photon
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Where to find Magnetic Flip broadcast on Channel 4

  • gordz
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Why Does Earth's Surface Heat Up While Its Interior Cools Down?

  • online5661
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More repercussions of a warming planet

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Inertia of the Earth and my biological cycle

  • sigma
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Can Earth's Albedo and Surface Temperatures Increase Together?

  • Andre
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  • Poll Poll

Does Every Nation on Earth Have a Right to Build Nuclear Power Plants

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Facts about Earth for a story Im writing

  • e-realmz
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Structure of the lunar crust and the thumper experiment

  • Moneer81
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When will bones become fossils?

  • Loren Booda
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Is Deforestation a Growing Threat in South American Rainforests?

  • Mk
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Will human beings destroy the earth

  • Sprinter
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Are Climate Change-Related Disasters Becoming Seasonal?

  • marcus
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Ice core data shows 27% increase in CO2

  • Mk
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Is the Mass of Earth Determined by Henry Cavendish's Method?

  • Mr.Socrates
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How to repair a cracked earthenware coffee cup safely for drinking

  • EnumaElish
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What do geologists think about hollow Earth theory?

  • scarecrow
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What is the Real Cause of Global Warming?

  • Andre
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Harness Tornado's for Electrical Power?

  • Homer Simpson
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Natural climate variation may be larger than assumed

  • Andre
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Will Peak Oil Occur This Thanksgiving?

  • Vast
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Using NASA's EdGCM climate model software

  • PerennialII
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What happens when two dynamic systems collide?

  • jhe1984
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Global warming, ice age's and clathrate

  • Andre
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Oil and gas exploration - the cost

  • Astronuc
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Evidence of slowing gulf stream

  • marcus
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Did Your Climate Change Predictions Just Get Turned Upside Down?

  • Andre
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Does solar orbital motion affect Earth's climate and global warming?

  • wolram
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From Pooh’s first Assessment Report on Climate Change

  • Andre
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Dead Sea Dying: Threatening a Place of Global Significance

  • Ivan Seeking
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Is the Kyoto Agreement on Climate Change Falling Apart?

  • Andre
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FOX News special report on global warming

  • GENIERE
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How does mud turn into solid rock with pressure and heat?

  • jammieg
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Centre of the earth is hotter than the sun

  • garytse86
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Does planetary cooling perform zone refining like silicon purification?

  • Loren Booda
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La Palma megatsunami: how real is the Discovery Channel scenario?

  • JustStuit
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Earth's Future: What Needs to be Done Now?

  • decs
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Pakistan earthquake death toll rises to 79,000 without more aid

  • pattylou
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Did solar quiet cause medieval Europe's climate deterioration?

  • wolram
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Earth's Gravity (Fundamental Forces)

  • Intuitive
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Does the Van Allen belt relate to climate cycles?

  • blimkie
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What is the real danger facing our civilization?

  • Andre
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Is Weather Warfare a Conspiracy Theory or a Covert Reality?

  • sheriffcassidy
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Theory on How land came about on water dominated Earth

  • dgoodpasture2005
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How Did Climate Change Impact the Fall of the Mycenaean Civilisation?

  • wolram
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Is Greenland's Ice Cap Actually Thickening?

  • Mk
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How Hurricanes Were Monitored in 1933

  • matthyaouw
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Essay arguing global warming isn't a real threat

  • blimkie
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7.6 magnitude earthquake early this morning in Pakistan

  • cefarix
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In Science Express from UC-Santa Barbara

  • pattylou
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Betting on a Record Cold Winter: What's the Forecast?

  • wolram
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Oldest noodles unearthed in China

  • Math Is Hard
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Human contributions less than previously described

  • pattylou
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Is there a meteorological Keystone?

  • Lapin Dormant
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How Much Ice is Melting in the Polar Caps?

  • robousy
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Turning Stone into Refractive Glass: Temperature Requirements

  • randy23
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Earthquake Aftermath: Tsunami Effects

  • chound
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Error in measuring rock porosity by Archimedes method

  • Peter Persoff
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Space shuttles descent temperatures

  • randy23
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What are kolks in megafloods?

  • Mk
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Hundreds Dead in Powerful Asian Earthquake

  • Astronuc
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Reviving the Debate: The Truth Behind the Hockey Stick Controversy

  • Andre
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How does habitat loss and climate change impact global carbon levels?

  • pattylou
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Key Argument for Global Warming Critics Evaporates

  • Ivan Seeking
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CO2 Concentrations by Hemisphere

  • Dorje
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Malta's Underwater "Cart Tracks": Rewriting Prehistory?

  • wolram
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Which greenhouse gases is the most powerful?

  • no idea
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Correction to temperature measurements

  • pattylou
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Fantastic updates on Cuba underwater structures

  • Jonin
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How does a rock become a stone?

  • crystalwisdom
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How do they date ancient times?

  • Blahness
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Planet dissolving dust cloud headed for earth

  • phusicist
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  • Poll Poll

How serious are earth's problems

  • Ivan Seeking
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Oregon summers reflect global warming

  • Ivan Seeking
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Why was the storm surge in Biloxi, Mississippi so much higher than expected?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Will Yellowstone's Massive Volcano Erupt Again in Our Lifetime?

  • Myriad209
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Mysterious ground bulge near Sisters, Oregon expanding

  • Ivan Seeking
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Accummulation of Gases in the Atmosphere

  • Ptolemy
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What Causes Ball Lightning and How is it Controlled?

  • PaulD
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Is the debate over global warming true or false?

  • aychamo
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How invasive species and climate change reduce biodiversity

  • pattylou
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List of all the islands on Earth?

  • NeedBioInfo
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Big trouble coming from Siberia

  • ludi_srbin
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Emissivity e varies with zenith angle according to e = E*cos(theta)

  • Callisto
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Mystery of Large Cloud Bottoms: Why Are They Flat?

  • FulhamFan3
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What causes the rare phenomenon of simultaneous water spouts in Lake Michigan?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Is Earth's magnetic field reversing so magnetic north becomes south?

  • boy genius
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How long does it take species to adapt to environmental changes?

  • Sadmemo
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Why do people worry we'll run out of water?

  • pattylou
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St. Helens is having a major event

  • Ivan Seeking
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Relationship between CO2 and Global Warming

  • Andre
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Google Earth virtual flyovers and directions

  • Ivan Seeking
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