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What is the CO2 concentration by altitude and why?
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Wind direction data
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Differences between hydrothermal vents on Earth and Europa
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Is climate change a vicious circle?
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Is pure “heat” harmful to the environment?
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Where can I find a database of historical wildfires in the USA back to 1960?
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Why don't animals rot when trapped in amber? [closed]
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How to calculate w-wind?
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Global warming - why doesn´t mankind collect heat (thermal energy) and turn it into electricity or send it to space?
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Why did the Australian bushfires cause pitch darkness during the daytime?
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Why is a mild earthquake often mistaken as dizziness or vertigo?
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Have meteorites been found in the oldest sedimentary rocks?
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Which places on Earth would be affected the least by severe climate change?
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What are the farthest Time Zone locations? [closed]
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How did forests end up covering pyramids?
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Why confined aquifers have low storage?
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High albedo vs low albedo
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How long could a steel artifact last?
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Why was there a negative temperature anomaly between 1950 to 1980?
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Importance of meteorite impact craters in geology?
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Is this platinum ore? [closed]
Awarded Dec 21 '19 at 15:30
Cloud-to-ground lightning in Florida?
Awarded Dec 16 '19 at 18:10
If a very huge Earthquake occured anywhere on Earth could waves emerge to come together again on the opposite side?
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How do the known abrupt climate change events fit into the xkcd Earth temperature timeline?
Awarded Dec 16 '19 at 9:45
What is meant by phase-change in mantle?
Awarded Dec 15 '19 at 12:15
Why don't spring tides occur at full/new moon (age of tide)?
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Why are CO2 sensors so expensive when CO sensors aren't?
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Interpreting some hydropower data. What does DSF mean in this context?
Awarded Dec 7 '19 at 18:05
How do oases form in the middle of the desert?
Awarded Dec 6 '19 at 17:20
How do I convert kg·kg⁻¹ to ppbV (parts per billion volume)?
Awarded Dec 6 '19 at 10:10
Moisture flux convergence in GrADS
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Why are there no wild fires in New England?
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What do the derivative or the integral of amplitude of a seismogram mean?
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How to calculate relative humidity from temperature, dew point, and pressure?
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What was the density and composition of Earth's atmosphere during the Cretaceous warmest period?
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Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas. How does this work?
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What kind of green rock is this? [closed]
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Is this an accurate simulation of a further south Australia with a filled lake Eyre?
Awarded Nov 19 '19 at 9:15
Are we experiencing lower level of gravity now compared to past?
Awarded Nov 18 '19 at 21:50
How and when people first realized that Antarctica is a continent?
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The relationship between specific discharge and flux
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Help! Is this a Lake Superior agate or a jasper? [closed]
Awarded Nov 11 '19 at 2:05
How much plastic settles to the bottom of the oceans each year?
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Volcanoes in the Alps and Himalayas and the subduction of Tethys Sea
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During an average winter, what part (if any) of the Mississippi River becomes unnavigable?
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What are the composition and pressure of the exosphere?
Awarded Nov 7 '19 at 21:05
WRF vertical integrated moisture flux using NCL
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CO₂ level is high enough that it reduces cognitive ability. Isn't that a reason to worry?
Awarded Nov 6 '19 at 12:30
How to locally identify a cold front passage?
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Why is Carbon Dioxide a Greenhouse Gas whereas Ammonia is not?
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What causes a rainbow, its colours and its shape?
Awarded Oct 26 '19 at 7:55
Do dams reduce the flow of river downstream?
Awarded Oct 25 '19 at 12:10
What causes these mound-like ground formations?
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Easterly Jet Stream
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What is the difference between Saprolite and Regolith?
Awarded Oct 17 '19 at 2:35
Does “atmospheric forcing” have a stated definition?
Awarded Oct 16 '19 at 16:00
What type of rock formed first on earth and which rock is the oldest? [duplicate]
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How are hillsides farmed?
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Definitions of tidal harmonic constituents…?
Awarded Oct 14 '19 at 10:55
How deep is the permafrost in the Antarctic?
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