Earth Science

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Radius of Influence - groundwater pump well
Awarded Mar 3 at 5:33
Determining a rock age using volcanic ash layer
Awarded Mar 3 at 1:40
Are there seamounts as close as 100 m to the water surface and not inside any Exclusive Economic Zone?
Awarded Feb 20 at 17:10
Why aren't weather balloons left in the atmosphere permanently?
Awarded Feb 16 at 9:31
How exactly is the "global average temperature" calculated and how reasonable is this method?
Awarded Feb 15 at 17:01
The different types of plagioclase
Awarded Feb 11 at 11:21
Why is Somalia so dry?
Awarded Feb 10 at 11:41
Are there pockets of liquid carbon dioxide in Earth's oceans?
Awarded Feb 10 at 4:42
What causes waves to form the characteristic "breaking" shape as they approach the shoreline?
Awarded Feb 6 at 19:20
Why does the temperature change about every 50-100 meters near hills
Awarded Jan 31 at 14:51
What is the difference between dew and rain?
Awarded Jan 29 at 14:56
Does Earth's core actually turn "backwards" at times?
Awarded Jan 26 at 14:51
Why is NaCl so hyper abundant in the ocean?
Awarded Jan 25 at 20:57
How to calculate the solar radiation at any place, any time
Awarded Jan 20 at 7:16
What are the composition and pressure of the exosphere?
Awarded Jan 18 at 19:43
Why is colder seawater more compressible?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 7:47
Would the US East Coast rise if everyone living there moved away?
Awarded Dec 8, 2022 at 7:46
Calculate the Top of a Cloud
Awarded Dec 5, 2022 at 13:17
What are these underwater structures near 6°N 85°55'W
Awarded Nov 13, 2022 at 21:22
What is this ring of cloud?
Awarded Nov 5, 2022 at 4:32
Erosion without weathering?
Awarded Nov 4, 2022 at 3:51
What are the distinguishing features of an "artificial seismic wave" (e.g. a large underground explosion)
Awarded Nov 3, 2022 at 15:33
What is the name for the forested areas in mountains below the treeline?
Awarded Oct 26, 2022 at 17:05
How do current pollution levels in Los Angeles compare to the 1970s?
Awarded Oct 20, 2022 at 22:27
What is the difference between Saprolite and Regolith?
Awarded Oct 15, 2022 at 11:04
Effect on poles when Earth is not tilted [closed]
Awarded Oct 10, 2022 at 14:57
Peak phosphorus - what are the sinks?
Awarded Oct 4, 2022 at 2:36
Causes of fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen in past 300 Mya
Awarded Sep 19, 2022 at 13:02
How does one determine the optimum offset in a seismic survey?
Awarded Sep 18, 2022 at 16:32
How thin is our atmosphere relative to the size of Earth?
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 2:46
Distance to epicenter vs distance to focus
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 2:46
How much does sea level rise due to sediment deposition?
Awarded Sep 9, 2022 at 2:42
Where on Earth has the least changing temperature? [closed]
Awarded Sep 1, 2022 at 22:35
Is it possible to convert carbon dioxide into a solid at low cost?
Awarded Aug 31, 2022 at 19:27
Soil Science and the carbon cycle - is carbon released from soil into the atmosphere?
Awarded Aug 31, 2022 at 15:17
Why is carbon pollution given more importance than Sulfur pollution or Nitrogen pollution?
Awarded Aug 29, 2022 at 11:07
Heat at High Altitudes
Awarded Aug 26, 2022 at 7:06
How to compute du/dx and dv/dy in moisture flux convergence?
Awarded Aug 23, 2022 at 18:11
Are there any (land) hills/mountains with bases below sea level?
Awarded Aug 23, 2022 at 15:22
Geology: facies v. formations
Awarded Aug 20, 2022 at 18:52
Why is the Coriolis effect zero near the equator?
Awarded Aug 19, 2022 at 14:55
Why are there 5 oceans?
Awarded Aug 19, 2022 at 10:51
How to install WRF on a Mac?
Awarded Aug 18, 2022 at 21:04
What is the difference between w-wind, vertical p-velocity and Omega?
Awarded Aug 11, 2022 at 16:20
How were the sea levels around western Europe during the Medieval Warm Period?
Awarded Aug 4, 2022 at 19:41
Why is the skyline hazy on the Greek islands?
Awarded Jul 29, 2022 at 11:41
Why do meteorologists use DM and equal height surfaces for some maps?
Awarded Jul 29, 2022 at 11:02
Coal self-heating and spontaneous combustion, how does this happen?
Awarded Jul 24, 2022 at 15:21
Which plant produces the most oxygen?
Awarded Jul 23, 2022 at 8:47
Why had climate change not been proven beyond doubt for so long?
Awarded Jul 21, 2022 at 11:48
Why do colder climates have more rugged coasts?
Awarded Jul 19, 2022 at 15:47
Why is the north considered as up, and south as down?
Awarded Jul 18, 2022 at 7:57
Which places on Earth would be affected the least by severe climate change?
Awarded Jul 17, 2022 at 1:31
Why are salt domes suitable for the final disposal of nuclear waste?
Awarded Jul 15, 2022 at 18:41
What are these undersea lines all around Hawaii?
Awarded Jul 15, 2022 at 0:10
What causes these banded clouds?
Awarded Jul 8, 2022 at 7:12
Effects of CERN on earth's magnetic field?
Awarded Jul 8, 2022 at 0:27
Is this graph showing the average temperature on Earth going back millions of years accurate?
Awarded Jul 3, 2022 at 9:33
Why are there no wild fires in New England?
Awarded Jun 27, 2022 at 12:42
What is a mud diapir and how does it form?
Awarded Jun 27, 2022 at 5:27
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