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Earthquakes under Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Can Storm Chasing be Considered a Form of Nature Appreciation?
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Wandering mud puddle in the Salton Sea area of California
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Well of Barhout ("Well of Hell") in Al-Mahra, Yemen
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P & S Waves to Strains-liquid solid interface
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Barrier to Flood Water: Is it Effective?
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Underwater avalanche in Congo Canyon lasted two days
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Mount Nyiragongo eruption in DR Congo
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More info about natural nuclear fission going critical 2 Million years ago?
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Waterworld Possibility: Can Planet Be Covered in Water?
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Uncertainties in climate models
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Chicxulub impact minute-by-minute
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Earthquakes during the Bronze Age -- A contributor to the Collapse?
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Drought (possibly 'climate change') and famine 2200-2000 BCE
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How Slip Faults Lead to Massive Tsunamis
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Simple explanation of greenhouse effect - right or wrong?
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Oxygen Extracted from Martian Atmosphere - a first
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Can an Antarctic ice sheet collapse cause a worldwide tsunami?
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The first emergence of the Earth's crust earlier than first thought
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Visit to The National Gem and Crystal Expo, Windsor, NSW, Australia
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Mars had a Great Oxygenation Event, just like Earth did.
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La Soufrière volcano eruption April 2021
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Is Anthropogenic Climate Change Still Debated on Science Forums?
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New cracks form - Grand Teton National Park near Yellowstone
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Many earthquakes shake Tokara Islands, with 12 Mag 4.5+
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M 7.3 - 174 km NE of Gisborne, New Zealand
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M 6.0 - 44 km SSW of Gongdanglegi Kulon, Indonesia
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Seismic ray-tracing, when does a spherical Earth matter in practice?
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Resources for the physics of clouds
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Missing Water on Mars: Hydrated Crust Minerals May Explain
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Why is the CO2 level lower in my house than outside?
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Super-cold thunderstorm (-111°C)
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What Caused the M 7.0 Earthquake in NE Honshu, Japan?
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A question about the parameters/constants entering climate models
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USGS Cautions: Prepare NOW for Non-Imminent Eruption of Mauna Loa
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Brockenspectre - foreboding optical illusion in misty mountains
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Mag 6.0 and 5.4 Earthquakes, South Sandwich Islands, S. Atlantic
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What Unique Features Can You Discover in the Perseverance Rover's 360° View?
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Is Your Heavy Rock with a Brown Streak a Meteorite?
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Ripple Pattern on Martian surface
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How was Earth flat in Grenvillean?
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So what happens to existing continents when new supercontinent forms?
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Magnetic field excursion about 41,000-42,000 years ago
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What WOULD be adequate proof of alien visitation to Earth?
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Lots of quakes over last few days
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Could This New Map Projection Revolutionize Our Understanding of the Globe?
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M 7.1 - 70 km ENE of Namie, Japan
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Mw 7.7 SE of Loyalty Isl. - SW Pacific
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Can we unlock the mysteries of tectonic plate movement through geologic history?
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Can Coal Deposits Explain the Fermi Paradox?
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What Happens to Marine Life When Lightning Strikes Conductive Sea Water?
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Is the Hadley Cell Responsible for Global Desert Patterns?
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Does the world really need 'more power'?
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M 6.4 Quake in Croatia Causes Damage
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Is a Mw 6.8 Earthquake from Chile Headed for My Seismograph?
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Clair Patterson, Measuring Earth's Age, Discovery of Pb contamination
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Why Grid North doesn't agree with True North on maps
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Another Kīlauea Eruption seems to be beginning
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Looking for formulations used in sea level calculations
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Why do hurricanes always turn north, away from the Equator?
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Deep Martian Geology: Signs of Plate Tectonics & Dynamo?
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Models for weather that include data from amateur stations?
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Do equations for groundwater flow refer to water density?
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5G and future 6G terahertz absorbed by water vapour = heating?
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Mw7.0 Greek islands off the coast of western Turkey
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Today's Climate Change and the Permian-Triassic Boundary
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Question about world average temperatures 1880- early 20th century
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M 5.6 - 10 km WSW of Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
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Mw 7.5 South of Alaskan Peninsula
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Life on Earth -- Which appeared first?
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The Greenhouse Effect: Trapping IR Energy through Absorption and Re-emission
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Is the concentration of greenhouse gases proportional to the temperate
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Holiday Farm Fire: Terrain's Impact on its Spread
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Earthquake swarm near Salton Sea, S. California
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How will climate change affect the US?
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Southern California 4.6 quake at 06:39UTC about 20 miles from here
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M6.9 Central Mid Atlantic Ridge -- NOW
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Carnian Pluvial Episode newly identified mass extinction event
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Planetary collision that formed the Moon made life possible on Earth
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The Peak Day of a Very Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
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Does creating fire break lines work to control forest fires?
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Possible extinction event: nearby supernova
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How Much Has Continental Drift Moved Your Hometown Over 750 Million Years?
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What's Causing All These Earthquakes Today?
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Chile Earthquake Update: Mw 6.5 Aftershock
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Terraforming the Pre-Earth? (Algol's video)
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Highest theoretical temperature on Earth
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Banning Palm Oil: An Earth Day Proposal for Climate Change
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What causes the weather? (not the seasons)
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Silence of Canadian Cities: COVID19 Lockdown and Seismic Vibrations
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Hypothetical discussion on the effect of magnetic fields on planets
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Gadget: Levitating Earth (magnetic field)
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Mw 7.8 offshore Alaskan Peninsula
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Volcanic Ash Clouds -- Why do they flatten at certain altitudes when rising?
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Definition of temperature in weather reporting
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How can I measure the terrestrial tide on my place?
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M 7.4 - 12 km SSW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Oaxaca, Mexico
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Mw 7.4 quake north of New Zealand
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Plate Tectonics and Evolutionary Pressure
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Did You Feel the New Zealand Quake?
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