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So I was in this place called Chamundi hills, Mysore.
I was riding back at around 7pm down hill and noticed this strange behavior. About every 50-100 meters the temperature fluctuated.
It was ...
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I was reading some articles on Jupiter, when I stumbled across this article, which said that the Great Red Spot makes the upper atmosphere really, really hot. As in "hotter-than-lava". This ...
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Earth's total land area has increased throughout its history according to this video. What is the dependence of the total area of continents from time?
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Why are Hadley cells not symmetrical?
For example, during summer in the northern hemisphere, the Hadley cell in the Northern hemisphere is significantly weaker than the one in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Its normally said that deserts cool planets because they reflect more radiation back to space. According to this logic if all the land mass in the world was desert the world should be colder.
Is it ...
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One of the fundamental principles in fluid mechanics is the conservation of mass - how is this treated in integrated surface water | groundwater models such as MIKE models, say between two river cross-...
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I want to know if large earthquakes can happen twice in the same region?
The reason is that the recent earthquake in Nepal was followed by many after shocks of considerable magnitude.
I wanted to ...
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I think the level of carbon dioxide in the air is high enough to reduce the intelligence of humans. This has nothing to do with climate change.
Except that both mean we should reduce CO₂.
I never ...
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The Earth's inner core is solid because despite the enormous temperature in this region, there is also enormous pressure there, which in turn raises the melting point of iron and nickel to a value ...
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I couldn't find the definitions from either source:
Geology Dictionary
Glossary of Geologic Terms
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I am curious to know if it would be highly probable that if the Bennu asteroid were to hit the Earth in 2182, and the point of impact is within a 500 mile radius of Yellowstone National Park, will it ...
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All gas molecules have the capability to absorb radiation energy. $\rm{CO}_2$ has much less capability to absorb radiation energy, comparing with water vapor.
In Earth's atmosphere currently $\rm{CO}...
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Do you know any example of a river that does not flow into sea or lake? For example, if water rises from the underground spring and forms a river but water vaporises in hot climate before it reaches ...
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