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With all the rain Seattle gets, why is widespread flooding relatively rare?
Awarded Apr 24, 2021 at 22:39
With all the rain Seattle gets, why is widespread flooding relatively rare?
Awarded Apr 24, 2021 at 4:34
How long does it take for the atmosphere to mix?
Awarded Apr 22, 2021 at 14:23
Why do heat waves affect Australia unevenly?
Awarded Apr 15, 2021 at 21:43
Why don't green house gases escape into space?
Awarded Apr 13, 2021 at 21:43
Why don't green house gases escape into space?
Awarded Apr 13, 2021 at 14:22
Why are there more intense earthquakes in Iran than in Iraq?
Awarded Mar 30, 2021 at 22:57
Esker vs. Kame vs. Drumlin - what's the difference?
Awarded Mar 8, 2021 at 5:41
What is this narrow band of clouds?
Awarded Mar 4, 2021 at 13:42
Determining the paleoelevation of mountain ranges
Awarded Mar 3, 2021 at 8:56
How high can a mountain possibly get?
Awarded Mar 2, 2021 at 18:36
How to quickly or easily prove the world is spherical?
Awarded Feb 20, 2021 at 20:02
In the northern hemisphere only, what percentage of the surface is land?
Awarded Feb 17, 2021 at 8:20
Other than tectonic activity, what can reshape a world's surface?
Awarded Feb 14, 2021 at 19:41
Other than tectonic activity, what can reshape a world's surface?
Awarded Feb 14, 2021 at 19:41
Other than tectonic activity, what can reshape a world's surface?
Awarded Feb 14, 2021 at 19:21
Why do trees break at the same wind speed?
Awarded Feb 8, 2021 at 12:43
If water is a renewable resource, why is there water scarcity?
Awarded Jan 30, 2021 at 16:17
The motion of tides
Awarded Jan 9, 2021 at 2:42
Why is Earth's density gradient a step-function, rather than smooth?
Awarded Jan 8, 2021 at 10:48
Can anyone recommend a good college level meteorology textbook?
Awarded Dec 16, 2020 at 8:04
Are metals and other elements in every continent?
Awarded Dec 15, 2020 at 16:33
Are metals and other elements in every continent?
Awarded Dec 14, 2020 at 22:05
What is the explanation of using pressure units (hPa) to express height when dealing with wind speeds?
Awarded Dec 9, 2020 at 22:36
Transfer precipitation forecast in mm to expected snowfall in cm
Awarded Dec 3, 2020 at 13:09
What is the difference between roughness length and zero plane displacement?
Awarded Nov 26, 2020 at 16:27
Language to modernize a scientific Fortran codebase
Awarded Nov 19, 2020 at 4:17
How accurately can explosions be triangulated from the IRIS seismogram data?
Awarded Nov 15, 2020 at 22:56
What are Atmospheric Rossby Waves and how do they affect the weather?
Awarded Nov 6, 2020 at 2:27
Temperature change in Earth atmosphere models?
Awarded Oct 26, 2020 at 10:07
Why do high tides occur simultaneously on opposite sides of the Earth?
Awarded Oct 13, 2020 at 14:56
What is the oldest sediment?
Awarded Oct 12, 2020 at 22:46
Is there a recent global gridded temperature dataset with 0.1 deg resolution?
Awarded Oct 12, 2020 at 22:35
Why is Mauna Kea taller than the maximum height possible on Earth?
Awarded Oct 1, 2020 at 5:02
How are minor tributaries of a river determined?
Awarded Sep 29, 2020 at 9:03
Why is Olympus Mons the largest volcano in the whole solar system?
Awarded Sep 23, 2020 at 21:50
What are the differences between Climatology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science?
Awarded Sep 17, 2020 at 10:17
Could an icy/extremely-cold asteroid/comet ever strike and cool the Earth?
Awarded Sep 6, 2020 at 9:06
Could an icy/extremely-cold asteroid/comet ever strike and cool the Earth?
Awarded Sep 4, 2020 at 8:15
Could an icy/extremely-cold asteroid/comet ever strike and cool the Earth?
Awarded Sep 4, 2020 at 8:15
Could an icy/extremely-cold asteroid/comet ever strike and cool the Earth?
Awarded Sep 4, 2020 at 3:10
Would hurricanes on an ocean planet continue indefinitely?
Awarded Sep 1, 2020 at 13:46
Would hurricanes on an ocean planet continue indefinitely?
Awarded Aug 31, 2020 at 15:46
How does the ozone layer "stay in place"?
Awarded Aug 29, 2020 at 16:17
Why do we say Earth rotates from west to east?
Awarded Aug 26, 2020 at 13:11
How it's possible to measure temperature 2000 years ago with such precision?
Awarded Aug 24, 2020 at 4:40
Comparing the Earth with a basketball?
Awarded Aug 17, 2020 at 16:33
What color is the Sahara desert, as seen from orbit?
Awarded Aug 7, 2020 at 2:50
Is there any river that does not discharge into larger body of water?
Awarded Aug 5, 2020 at 23:36
Is there any river that does not discharge into larger body of water?
Awarded Aug 5, 2020 at 11:57
Is there any river that does not discharge into larger body of water?
Awarded Aug 5, 2020 at 9:56
Is there any river that does not discharge into larger body of water?
Awarded Aug 5, 2020 at 9:16
How come the tide is low when the moon is high in the sky
Awarded Jul 27, 2020 at 9:15
Does a geomagnetic storm visibly deflect a compass?
Awarded Jul 4, 2020 at 0:15
Are we going to enter a mini ice age by 2030?
Awarded Jun 30, 2020 at 3:21
How high can a mountain possibly get?
Awarded Jun 17, 2020 at 10:27
Why is ocean surface velocity around 3% of wind velocity?
Awarded Jun 5, 2020 at 8:16
Non-invasive techniques to find rock composition
Awarded May 13, 2020 at 15:27
Are there any saltwater rivers on Earth?
Awarded Apr 20, 2020 at 14:26
Could the speed in which the plate is moving affect how quickly mountains rise?
Awarded Apr 8, 2020 at 8:20
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