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Did the Chicxulub Area Contribute to Oil Reserves?
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Device to measure different spectrum of UVs (UVA and UVB)
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Question on plate size in plate tectonics
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State of Nuclear Winter Theory?
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Can CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere sublimate into a solid?
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Earth's Core Dynamics - Convection
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Steve - an aurora related phenomenon
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Attempts to Unify Climate and Weather Prediction Models
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Happy Earth Day 2017: Activities to Care for Our Home
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Can Buried Lasers Reveal Earth's Spin and Quakes?
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Hockey Stick and Climate Sensitivity
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Change in Axial Obliquity of the Earth's Spin Axis
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A Sudden Glacial Outflow Formed the English Channel
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Is Kansas Really Home to the Flattest Spot on Earth?
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Convert Longitude/Latitude dependent upon the location on the Earth
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Major Tropical Cyclone NE Australia
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Help Identify Rock in Western Upper Michigan
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Cloud Atlas (not the movie) Gets an Update
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How long will be the end of the world
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Submarine volcanic vents and pumice rafts....
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How Does the IPCC Determine Confidence Levels in Climate Projections?
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At what point does the atmosphere become space?
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How can an increase in relative humidity affect visibility
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What is the role of silicon in the Earth's core?
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What cities or towns are right above the Ramapo Fault?
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What is causing blue air bubbles to appear on the sand at the beach?
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XKCD's "Climate Change Timeline" | See History's Impact
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South Island Earthquakes - NZ, 02/03/2017
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Christchurch Earthquake - February 2011
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Physics of Human Caused Earthquakes?
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Only half the Earth’s ionosphere is being ionized by the Sun
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Identifying the End of a Rayleigh Wave Train on Seismograms
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What are the phyla and classes of animals and their fossil records?
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How Do Ocean Waves Shape Beaches?
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Kelvin Waves: How Do They Work and Why Do They Move Along the Coast?
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Trouble with identification of minerals
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Update on Tectonic Plate Dynamics
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Philippines Quake, Surigao city
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Whatever happened to geothermal energy production?
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Was water brought to Earth on comets?
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What kind of fossil is this or is it a fossil
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Identifying a Mysterious Rock: Seeking Help and Answers
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RIP the "Greatest Show on Earth"
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Major quake Bougainville PNG ---- NOW
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Why don't we feel the difference in Earth's angular velocity
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Is Gravity Constant Regardless of Slope?
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Stream channels as a indication of fault movement
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Is the Sun's Movement Different in the Southern Night Sky?
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The impact of desertification and dust storms on agriculture
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The results of the glacials and interglacials in the ice age
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2016 seems long to me (Leap second)
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The Most Shocking Places on Earth
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Great YouTube Animation of Earthquakes over Time
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Iron 'jet stream' detected in Earth's outer core
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A sesimic image of the whole Earth
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M 7.9 offshore SE New Ireland PNG
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Radiative forcing / Greenhouse effect
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Why are the Earth's oceans and seas full of sodium chloride?
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Where Is the Majority of Climate Data Stored?
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Megadrought in south western USA
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What Are Rattling Rocks and How Are They Formed?
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Earthquake in South Pacific, NE of Australia
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Why do clouds move in a certain direction?
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What is the impact of the sun on global warming?
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6 Dec 2016 M 6.5 Quake northern Sumatera, Indonesia
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Looking for info about 2002 polar vortex rupture
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Is the release of oil a good thing?
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Graphic: a global grid but not emanating from poles
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Looking for Good EAES Science books (non-textbook).
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Latest 2 significant world quakes
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Geologists Uncovering the Earth's History with Subducted Slabs
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How big was the tsunami from the recent Japan earthquake?
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Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake - Christchurch, New Zealand
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Where Did People in Indonesia Originate From?
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Why do superior mirages sometimes appear upright?
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Prevailing winds in the mesosphere?
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Are the 500 Newly Discovered Methane Vents a Cause for Climate Change Concern?
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Internal structure of the Earth and it's composition
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Mag 6.2 Earthquake near Norcia, Umbria, Italy
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Size of plates and how they create their boundaries
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Picture of "Gravity waves" and Sprites on weather.com
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Oxygen formation in Earth water
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What is solidus and liquidus temperature of granite?
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Would a non radiative atmosphere be isothermal?
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Effects of a gamma ray burst on earth
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NASA's greenhouse effect not correct?
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USGS - Geomagnetic Hazard Study
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Why Are Clouds Formed in Clusters Instead of Spreading Out?
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Nocturnal seismic activity at Mt. Vesuvius
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If Feynman was a Geologist by Jun Cowan
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Depths of earthquakes - particularly deep earthquakes
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Processes in Convection cells / magma intrusion
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Landslides and Landslide Research, and Geomorphology
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Eruption of Mount Aso, Kyushu, Japan
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Surface speed of atmosphere and jet fuel
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Mount Teide, Tenerife Island, seismic activity
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Agronomy, Soil Science, and just plain Dirt
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A busy 3 days for quakes in the SW Pacific
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Drogued Drifters: What Does It Mean?
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Excess of chemicals found US water
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