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Life on Earth -- Which appeared first?

  • zuz
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The Greenhouse Effect: Trapping IR Energy through Absorption and Re-emission

  • John Plant
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Is the concentration of greenhouse gases proportional to the temperate

  • John Plant
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Holiday Farm Fire: Terrain's Impact on its Spread

  • BillTre
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Earthquake swarm near Salton Sea, S. California

  • Astronuc
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How will climate change affect the US?

  • BillTre
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Southern California 4.6 quake at 06:39UTC about 20 miles from here

  • Tom.G
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M6.9 Central Mid Atlantic Ridge -- NOW

  • davenn
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Carnian Pluvial Episode newly identified mass extinction event

  • jim mcnamara
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Planetary collision that formed the Moon made life possible on Earth

  • Tom.G
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The Peak Day of a Very Active Atlantic Hurricane Season

  • .Scott
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Does creating fire break lines work to control forest fires?

  • yungman
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Supernova extinction hypothesis for the Devonian event

  • jim mcnamara
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What's Causing All These Earthquakes Today?

  • davenn
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Chile Earthquake Update: Mw 6.5 Aftershock

  • davenn
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Terraforming the Pre-Earth? (Algol's video)

  • Algr
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Highest theoretical temperature on Earth

  • swampwiz
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Banning palm oil as a climate change strategy

  • BillTre
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What causes the weather? (not the seasons)

  • Seth Anthony
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Silence of Canadian Cities: COVID19 Lockdown and Seismic Vibrations

  • nvikas
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Hypothetical discussion on the effect of magnetic fields on planets

  • Epsilon Eridani
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Gadget: Levitating Earth (magnetic field)

  • DennisN
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Mw 7.8 offshore Alaskan Peninsula

  • davenn
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Volcanic Ash Clouds -- Why do they flatten at certain altitudes when rising?

  • RJ Emery
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Definition of temperature in weather reporting

  • Stephen Tashi
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How can I measure the terrestrial tide on my place?

  • rtx22
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M 7.4 - 12 km SSW of Santa María Zapotitlán, Oaxaca, Mexico

  • Astronuc
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Mw 7.4 quake north of New Zealand

  • davenn
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Plate Tectonics and Evolutionary Pressure

  • dedocta
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Did You Feel the New Zealand Quake?

  • davenn
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What is the reason that the Gravitational Constant (G) varies?

  • rajen0201
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Aftershock of Nevada Earthquake Felt in California

  • gmax137
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Mw 6.8 SE Banda Sea, Indonesia: Seen in Sydney

  • davenn
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Why was the Samalas eruption of 1257 significant?

  • CapnGranite
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Can Uneven Heating and Mechanical Rotation Generate Winds?

  • elusiveshame
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Does a possible Maunder Minimum affect climate change projections?

  • windy miller
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NASA and USGS release detailed geological map of Mars

  • BillTre
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Oldest material found on Earth?

  • pinball1970
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Are there any elements found in space but not at all on Earth?

  • zuz
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Would a mountain's shadow be in the same spot on May 1, 1880 and May 1, 2020?

  • evanbpeters
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Disappearance of vapour trails - more warming?

  • wildoats
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Krakatoa erupts again, April 11, 2020

  • Astronuc
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"Fatal" mistake for flat earther

  • jim mcnamara
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Better seismometry, Quiet Earth, Thanks Coronavirus

  • Tom.G
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Mag 6.5 Earthquake near Challis, Idaho

  • Astronuc
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Pebble accretion and the early Earth

  • windy miller
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Mw 7.5 coming in on my seismograph

  • davenn
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Can You Detect the Earth's Curvature from a Lighthouse?

  • zuz
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Mag 5.7 earthquake, Salt City, UT

  • Astronuc
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This paper suggests that the Earth's formation was earlier than first thought

  • pinball1970
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What does "surface temperature" mean?

  • Graeme M
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Red snow algae and watermelon snow in polar regions

  • 256bits
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What is causing the high pm2.5 readings and mist/haze in the morning?

  • chirhone
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Which PDE should I use to simulate different kinds of groundwater flow?

  • Atr cheema
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Australia's drought and bushfires, a personal view

  • davenn
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Surface waves from Mw 7.7 Jamaica earthquake coming soon

  • davenn
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What Is the Primary Source of Chloride in Seawater?

  • DrDu
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20200108 Finally some lightning

  • davenn
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A Mw6.7 coming in from Turkey now

  • davenn
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Earth's Oldest Impact Crater Identified

  • Ophiolite
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Complex Series of Geologic Processes Generated Seizmic Humming

  • BillTre
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Highest recorded temperature in a given year

  • Grinkle
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Why do I keep finding more new rocks in my garden year after year?

  • sepcurio
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Do ice ages correspond with changes in Earth's tilt?

  • HankDorsett
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Australian Tektite Source Crater Identified

  • Ophiolite
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Marsquakes reveal active fault zone in Mars's crust

  • jim mcnamara
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North Magnetic Pole wandering away

  • Tom.G
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Volcanic eruption on White Island, New Zealand

  • jtbell
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Project Drawdown - Plan to Reverse Global Warming

  • 256bits
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Best type of map (projection) for measuring distances?

  • Cheesycheese213
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Effects of a Change of Direction of the Rotation of the Earth?

  • WWGD
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M7.1 Molucca Sea, Northern Indonesia

  • davenn
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Store wood in old salt mines to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere

  • somega
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China's diffuse chloro-carbon emissions?

  • Nik_2213
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Radiative Forcing of Methane in Shortwave

  • Graeme M
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Carbon sequestration, how does it work? Is it practical?

  • clurt
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How do we get data about the Earth's crust?

  • Manasan3010
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Atmospheric absorbance of CO2 and impact of increaseing concentration

  • davidwinth
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Chicxulub Impact: Geologically Instant Ocean Acidification

  • BillTre
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Earth's Atmosphere -- Is gravity the reason we have air pressure?

  • shiva bhargav
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What is the total amount of paving in the US?

  • CPW
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What do the tick marks on closed contours indicate?

  • DaveC426913
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Mini magnetosphere within Earth's Magnetosphere

  • Nonametheone
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Using moss to combat CO2 emissions

  • HankDorsett
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Is a 10.0 earthquake actually possible?

  • ElliotSmith
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What is a "lumachelic limestone"?

  • DrDu
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Meteorology - USA Lower 48 National Winds Pattern Map Website

  • JBA
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Asteriod collision 65 million years ago in the Mexican Gulf

  • John Justice
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Worm Hole light years away and look at Earth through a giant telescope

  • Dnj23
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Detecting CO2 in the atmosphere

  • HankDorsett
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Hurricane hunters spot 'stadium effect' inside Dorian's eye

  • Spinnor
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No evidence for globally coherent warm and cold periods

  • gmax137
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Water rising in Kīlauea's Halema'uma'u crater after 2019 lava drainage

  • diogenesNY
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Mathematical Model finds Acoustic Signal that May Predict Earthquakes

  • jedishrfu
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Why do ocean plants become oil instead of coal?

  • iamconfused
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