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Recent Fuego Eruption: VEI and SO2 Mass Ejected
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Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake in Hawaii versus on the Hayward Fault -- What am I missing?
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How does lifetime of a cyclone affect: precipitation and intensity
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Calculating average daily temperature
  • GhostLoveScore
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Could 'aliens' already know there's life on Earth?
  • Gondur
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What is the meaning of ecosphere?
  • icakeov
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Sequestering Carbon Dioxide in Rock
  • BillTre
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[law] If aliens were to establish a colony on Earth
  • Chitose
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5.5 Earthquake Associated with S. Korean Geothermal Plant
  • BillTre
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Possible Ball Lightning Event Recorded in a Wildlife Preserve - April 30, 2016
  • astroscout
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Cloud cropping/plureite sensors
  • Skeptic Tom
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Why is it colder over even a small highland?
  • DaveC426913
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About atmospheric remote sensors
  • DielsAlder
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Kinematic viscosity for water on Mars
  • wildonion
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Is the Hypatia Stone Meteorite Older than Earth?
  • jim mcnamara
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Where can I find water vapor images?
  • pyroartist
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What prehistoric treasures lie beneath Los Angeles?
  • 256bits
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Testing Cloud Seeding: Science Magazine News Report
  • BillTre
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Mean Earth Temperature Data: 1951-2012
  • Hensch
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Is it possible Earth is just a cell.... Gaia Hypothesis?
  • Jacinta
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What do the bubbles on the USGS earthquake map represent?
  • davenn
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The North Pole is Above Freezing
  • BillTre
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What Caused the M 7.5 Earthquake in Central New Guinea?
  • davenn
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Earthquake Predicted in Jakarta Tonight?
  • CWatters
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What's w/ the news of Earth's magnetics poles about to flip?
  • kyphysics
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Divide observational data into normal periods for study
  • Rosemary902348
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Earth's gravity increasing over time?
  • zuz
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Mount Sinabung eruption - June 2015
  • Astronuc
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New research tool or just an idea?
  • pyroartist
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Earthquake Near Pinotepa de Don Luis, Mexico: M 7.2
  • davenn
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Can Construction Sites Cause Artificial Earthquakes?
  • DrClaude
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Trying to Find the Type of Chart I'm Looking At
  • James Brady
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Cloud Altitude: Understanding the Height Range of Clouds
  • physea
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Article in Nature On Global Temperature variability
  • Evo
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What Causes the Mini-Magnetospheres on Mars?
  • Delta Force
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M 7.9 - off the coast, 280km SE of Kodiak, Alaska
  • davenn
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Aerosols to the (Climate Disaster) Rescue?
  • BillTre
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What is the science behind contrail cirrus and its environmental impact?
  • POSContrailRF
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Last Year was the Secord Warmest on Record in Modern History
  • BillTre
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Scientists want to drill into the Earth's mantle
  • ElliotSmith
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Why southern Nevada is a desert and Nashville, TN is not a desert?
  • bluemoonKY
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M7.6 Quake in Western Caribbean Sea - 44km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras
  • davenn
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Term used in magnetism for grade 9
  • songoku
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How light rays from a fireplace wood fire on Earth compare to the Sun's fire?
  • Questor2
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Where did the O2 associated with red mesozoic sandstones com
  • linnorma
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Is Solar Activity Decreasing and Causing Colder Winters in Britain?
  • wolram
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Why aren't less massive objects also spherical like planets and moons?
  • Ethan Singer
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Why doesn’t the water fall out of the Earth?
  • doglover9754
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Earth Magnetism: Gravity vs Attraction
  • Jacinta
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Magnitude 6.5 Quake - Indonesia
  • StevieTNZ
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What would happen if we output massive amounts of helium?
  • stephenkohnle53
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Mag 5.8 (upgraded from 5.6) Earthquake, Pawnee, Oklahoma
  • Astronuc
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Climate Change: Why Doesn't Rising Temperature Balance Out?
  • markulmer
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Identifying Meteorites: Differentiating Between Extraterrestrial and Earth Rocks
  • 1oldman2
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New York Flood Risk through 2300 CE
  • Ophiolite
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Why is Earth considered round despite its bumpy surface?
  • Jacinta
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Volcanic super-eruption frequency revised to shorter time
  • jim mcnamara
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Is Mount Agung About to Erupt Tonight?
  • Greg Bernhardt
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Intelligent life other than on Earth
  • rootone
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Where does the Earth's heat come from?
  • ISamson
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NASA’s new visualization of the 2017 hurricane season
  • Spinnor
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Is New Caledonia Facing Increased Earthquake Activity?
  • davenn
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Gemstone's surface pattern: any ideas?
  • Juri Spiridonov
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Earthquake Devastates Northern Iran and Iraq: How Many Casualties So Far?
  • davenn
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Weather/Climate and Ocean-Circulation Simulations?
  • lpetrich
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Earth Mass: 5.9x10^24 kg - Last Measurement & Why?
  • VASUbhagwat
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Earth Potential: Why Is It Considered Zero?
  • VASUbhagwat
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When will mining seawater for elements be affordable?
  • Posy McPostface
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Is the Earth inherently unstable?
  • KenJackson
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What would it take to ignite the atmosphere?
  • Noisy Rhysling
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How to calculate sound speed in atmosphere?
  • kkk
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Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity
  • Gondur
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New Zealand - The Tip of A Hidden Continent
  • Tom.G
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What Kind of Fossil Did I Find in Central Spain?
  • DrDu
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An idea to reverse global warming
  • ddjj77
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What's the interest level in M6+ seismic events based on response rates?
  • davenn
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8 Oct 2017, 3 significant Earthquakes
  • davenn
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Two latest quakes - M5.9 and M6.4
  • davenn
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Mag. 8 & 7 Earthquakes - Mexico 08/09/2017 & 19/09/2017
  • StevieTNZ
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I want to prove that the earth is round.
  • Slade
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Can North Korea's Nuclear Tests Cause Earthquakes in Mexico?
  • Tio Barnabe
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Are Two New Zealand Earthquakes a PM Alert from @StevieNZ?
  • davenn
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Mass extinctions past and future
  • jim mcnamara
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A question about the Dynamo Theory
  • zapnthund50
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Do we have a good estimate for the damage the Yellowstone....
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A very busy 36 hrs with earthquakes
  • davenn
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What is the composition and origin of this rock found in Israel?
  • wilhen
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Finding True North for Solar Panel Placement: A Simple Method
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M 5.3 - 17km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
  • davenn
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Is there an equation linking phase relation and properties in mantle?
  • Atr cheema
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Online satellite views of hurricane Irma results?
  • Stephen Tashi
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M 6.3 Explosion - 22km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea
  • davenn
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Can't we just smelt plastic into igneous rocks?
  • SIQI
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What does Wavelength have to do with Crustal Structure?
  • RJLiberator
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Climate Effects of Cleaner Fossil Fuels?
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Connection Schumann resonance and Lightning events
  • Marleen Renders
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Liquid Regions of Mantle May Underlie Plumes
  • BillTre
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Satellite temperature data vs ground based data
  • Kevin McHugh
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Mapping the ocean floor - bathymetry survey
  • Astronuc
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M 7.7 - 198km ESE of Nikol'skoye, Russia
  • Astronuc
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