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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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What is the reason that the Gravitational Constant (G) varies?
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Aftershock of Nevada Earthquake Felt in California
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Mw 6.8 SE Banda Sea, Indonesia: Seen in Sydney
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Why was the Samalas eruption of 1257 significant?
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Can Uneven Heating and Mechanical Rotation Generate Winds?
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Maunder Minimum & Climate Change
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What New Discoveries Await in NASA's Detailed Geological Map of Mars?
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Oldest material found on Earth?
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Are there any elements found in space but not at all on Earth?
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Question about variations of the Sun's path over long periods of time
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How Much Heat Energy Can Be Harvested from Sunlight Per Square Meter in the UK?
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Disappearance of vapour trails - more warming?
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Krakatoa erupts again, April 11, 2020
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"Fatal" mistake for flat earther
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Better seismometry, Quiet Earth, Thanks Coronavirus
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Mag 6.5 Earthquake near Challis, Idaho
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Is reducing energy losses critical for the success of hydrogen in the gas grid?
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Pebble accretion and the early Earth
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Mw 7.5 coming in on my seismograph
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Can You Detect the Earth's Curvature from a Lighthouse?
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Mag 5.7 earthquake, Salt City, UT
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This paper suggests that the Earth's formation was earlier than first thought
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What does "surface temperature" mean?
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Crimson Snow Algae: Ancient Reports & Impact of Climate Change
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What is causing the high pm2.5 readings and mist/haze in the morning?
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Which PDE should I use to simulate different kinds of groundwater flow?
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Australia's drought and bushfires, a personal view
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M7.7 Jamaica Quake: Surface Waves Coming Soon
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What Is the Primary Source of Chloride in Seawater?
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20200108 Finally some lightning
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A Mw6.7 coming in from Turkey now
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Earth's Oldest Impact Crater Identified
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Complex Series of Geologic Processes Generated Seizmic Humming
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Highest recorded temperature in a given year
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Why do I keep finding more new rocks in my garden year after year?
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Ice Ages & Tilting Earth: Separating Fact from Fiction
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Australian Tektite Source Crater Identified
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Unusual Cluster of M6+ Earthquakes in Southern Philippines: What's Causing Them?
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Mars quakes lead to discovery of active fault zone
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North Magnetic Pole wandering away
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Volcanic eruption on White Island, New Zealand
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Project Drawdown - Plan to Reverse Global Warming
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Best type of map (projection) for measuring distances?
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Effects of a Change of Direction of the Rotation of the Earth?
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M7.1 Molucca Sea, Northern Indonesia
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Store wood in old salt mines to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere
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China's diffuse chloro-carbon emissions?
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Radiative Forcing of Methane in Shortwave
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Carbon sequestration, how does it work? Is it practical?
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How do we get data about the Earth's crust?
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Atmospheric absorbance of CO2 and impact of increaseing concentration
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Chicxulub Impact: Geologically Instant Ocean Acidification
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Earth's Atmosphere -- Is gravity the reason we have air pressure?
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What is the total amount of paving in the US?
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What do the tick marks on closed contours indicate?
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Mini magnetosphere within Earth's Magnetosphere
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Using moss to combat CO2 emissions
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Is a 10.0 earthquake actually possible?
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What is a "lumachelic limestone"?
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Meteorology - USA Lower 48 National Winds Pattern Map Website
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Asteriod collision 65 million years ago in the Mexican Gulf
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Worm Hole light years away and look at Earth through a giant telescope
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Hurricane Rotations: Physics Q&A on Cross-Equator Persistence
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Detecting CO2 in the atmosphere
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Hurricane hunters spot 'stadium effect' inside Dorian's eye
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No evidence for globally coherent warm and cold periods
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NY Times: Witnessing the Birth of a Crater Lake.... Kīlauea
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Mathematical Model finds Acoustic Signal that May Predict Earthquakes
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Coal vs Oil Formation: What's the Difference?
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What is the connection between long, narrow bodies of water and harmonic waves?
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Do floating objects clump together on curves in rivers?
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Mw 6.4 and 7.1, Ridgecrest, Southern California earthquakes
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Is There More Uranium in Earth's Core Than We Thought?
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Greenland Wildfire: Largest Since 2000 Seen by Satellite
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Rockstrøm et al - Planetary boundaries
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Mw6.6 Quake offshore of NW Western Australia, Australia .... NOW
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M 7.3 Nthrn Indonesia .... 2nd large quake for the day
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Has a change in the cosmic rays hitting Earth been causing Global Warming?
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Are Deep Long Period Earthquakes in Antarctica Causing Sea Level Rise?
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New study about the rise in global sea levels (an input)
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Oceanic Stratified Flows Encountering Topographic Obstacles
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New undersea freshwater aquifer mapped
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NZ earthquake 14.11.16 - Mag 7.8
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Content of Earth-impacting meteors over time
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Predicting tsunamis, what to measure from earthquake data?
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New study about the rise in global sea levels
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Andrew's Senior Project: Copper Sulfate & Plant Development
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Early moment detection that marks the start of massive tremor events
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M8.0 central Peru coming in NOW
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Walker Lane geologic trough - E. California, W. Nevada
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