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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
  • bayi
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Mag 6.2 Earthquake near Norcia, Umbria, Italy
  • Astronuc
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Size of plates and how they create their boundaries
  • bayi
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Picture of "Gravity waves" and Sprites on weather.com
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Oxygen formation in Earth water
  • cookiemonster13
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What is solidus and liquidus temperature of granite?
  • Atr cheema
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Would a non radiative atmosphere be isothermal?
  • Geoffw
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Effects of a gamma ray burst on earth
  • CapnGranite
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NASA's greenhouse effect not correct?
  • goldust
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USGS - Geomagnetic Hazard Study
  • Astronuc
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Why Are Clouds Formed in Clusters Instead of Spreading Out?
  • saranga
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Nocturnal seismic activity at Mt. Vesuvius
  • CapnGranite
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If Feynman was a Geologist by Jun Cowan
  • fresh_42
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Depths of earthquakes - particularly deep earthquakes
  • Astronuc
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Processes in Convection cells / magma intrusion
  • Atr cheema
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Landslides and Landslide Research, and Geomorphology
  • Astronuc
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Eruption of Mount Aso, Kyushu, Japan
  • Astronuc
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Surface speed of atmosphere and jet fuel
  • Sawdust7
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Mount Teide, Tenerife Island, seismic activity
  • Astronuc
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Agronomy, Soil Science, and just plain Dirt
  • Astronuc
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A busy 3 days for quakes in the SW Pacific
  • davenn
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Drogued Drifters: What Does It Mean?
  • ATY
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Excess of chemicals found US water
  • wolram
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Is Desert Ever a Good Thing for the World's Climate?
  • zoobyshoe
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What caused this mysterious A-Bomb sprite over the Caribbean?
  • davenn
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Tanzania Quake Leaves 13 Dead, 200 Injured
  • 1oldman2
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Ice circles - and now their jungle cousins
  • DaveC426913
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Hermine Predictions: FiveThirtyEight Analysis
  • BillTre
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M 7.1 just offshore NE Nth Isl, New Zealand
  • davenn
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How much time is needed for plate tectonics to subdue everything?
  • Marco Masi
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Can Weather Bombs Illuminate Earth's Hidden Interior?
  • 1oldman2
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Two Mag 6.0 earthquakes off NE coast, Iwate, Japan
  • Astronuc
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Is temperature measured in kWh normally distributed over different time spans?
  • Lobotomy
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Mag 6.8 Earthquake - Chauk, Myanmar/Burma
  • Astronuc
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Central and South American Volcanos
  • Astronuc
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How do other planets reflect energy?
  • Physics passion
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Why is there no West Pole and East Pole?
  • Jupiter60
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Could Amino Acids Really Originate from Space?
  • Hunter1234
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Cape Verde Volcanoes: Recent Eruptions & Alerts
  • Astronuc
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Why can't you change soil texture
  • emma69
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When was twilight officially defined?
  • Nisse
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How did Japan react to the false quake alarm?
  • nsaspook
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M 7.7 quake Mariana Isl .... NOW
  • davenn
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Thunderstorm produced huge hail stones in Belarus 13 July
  • davenn
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Earthquake outlook for San Francisco Bay region 2014–2040
  • Astronuc
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Why is there atmosphere at the equator?
  • peanutaxis
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Variations in Emissions Inventories?
  • Theldiot
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The Magnetic Field of Earth's Core: What is the Source?
  • stedwards
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Why Was Yesterday's Sunlight Brighter Than This Morning?
  • Alan Arqueza
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Colli Albani Volcanic District - recent activity
  • Astronuc
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Massive earthquake to happen in Bangladesh?
  • Shakir
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What Are the Latest Discoveries About Gravity and Its Mysteries?
  • scientepid
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What Are SG Units? Oil & Gas Industry Explained
  • Sorade
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Can Microalgae Solve Global Fuel and Environmental Challenges?
  • Ivan Seeking
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Early hominid spreading and extinction
  • Stephanus
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Atlantic Inflow to the Arctic Basin via Pacific Inflow
  • timallard
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Why does the heat in the atmosphere mostly go down?
  • stfaivus
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Mag 5.2 earthquake, Southern California, San Jacinto fault
  • Astronuc
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Taupo, New Zealand - Magma chamber
  • Astronuc
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Could fracking technology be used to raise land threatened with water inundation
  • Norman Hibberd
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Would it be possible to send a robotic probe to the Earth's core?
  • Jupiter60
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Cave ecology isolated for over 5 mllion years
  • DaveC426913
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What are the geological features surrounding the recent Australian earthquake?
  • davenn
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What Caused the M6.7 and M6.8 Quakes in Coastal Ecuador Within 24 Hours?
  • davenn
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Low level seismic (swarm) activity at Mt Hood, Oregon
  • Astronuc
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New Zealand's green White Island Volcano
  • Astronuc
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Need help understanding pressure vs weather systems
  • Square1
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Insights Measuring How Many Days Are in a Year - Comments
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Night coldest right before sunrise?
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Global Warming - why half a degree matters
  • waternohitter
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What causes volcanoes to erupt?
  • Hunter1234
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Not Another, Gosh: Vanuatu hit by large quake
  • StevieTNZ
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Could we stop a tornado this way?
  • Fearguy1234
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Magnitude-6.5 earthquake - Southern Japan
  • StevieTNZ
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Magnitude 7.8 earthquake - Ecuador
  • StevieTNZ
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Ammoniation of Cattlefeed on Bovine Methane emissions
  • Hyo X
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How does lime flocculate clay soil
  • emma69
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Popocatépetl volcano erupts in Mexico - March 31, 2016
  • Astronuc
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Space Cloud to Reflect Sunlight?
  • Dook
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How do volcanoes produce carbon dioxide?
  • Hunter1234
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What Are the Long-Term Solutions for Preventing Cliff Erosion?
  • ProfuselyQuarky
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Preliminary magnitude of 7.2 - Vanuatu
  • StevieTNZ
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Is climate change on other planets affected by similar cycles?
  • Zephyr007
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Dreadfully strong hailstorm in Wylie, TX, USA
  • davenn
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Moderate Earthquake in NZ near Masterson, Mag 5 +/- 0.2
  • Astronuc
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Ideas requested for making distant air visible
  • pyroartist
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M6.6 - 39km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan
  • Astronuc
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M6.0 - 68km SSW of Bunisari, Indonesia - Sunda Activity
  • Astronuc
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Mag 6.2 Earthquake, 100km (62mi) NNE of Chignik Lake, Alaska
  • Astronuc
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BIG quake coming in NOW - Nepal -April 25, 2015
  • davenn
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The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, Good Friday, March 27th
  • Astronuc
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Alaska's Pavlof Volcano eruption - March 27, 2016
  • Astronuc
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What is the most distant object that can be seen from a particular location?
  • george95
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Mag 6.0 - 76km S of Atka, Alaska and Swarm
  • Astronuc
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Does the Earth's size change over time?
  • ~HAVOC~
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How Often Are Insect Fossils Found in Amber?
  • Patzee
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Mystery Clouds: Uncovering the Enigma
  • deathbystereo
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Antipodal seismic focusing after an impact: real or not?
  • xpell
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Mag 6.0 - 124km ENE of Codrington, Barbuda
  • Astronuc
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