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How much rain falls on the Earth each year?

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How will sea level rise be distributed across the globe?

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What would the pH of rainwater be if carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubled?

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How much plastic settles to the bottom of the oceans each year?

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How could humans alter storm intensity or direction other than cloud seeding?

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How much garbage goes into the Pacific Ocean every year?

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How does the influence of clouds on climate vary with height?

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Is there geological evidence that the moon once collided with the Earth?

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How can we calculate the total water mass that falls during a flood?

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How will increased $\ce{CO2}$ affect forests and other vegetative areas?

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Do solar storms affect Earth's weather?

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Which geological processes will destroy plastic?

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Why don't weather forecast models normally take solar eclipses into account?

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How much of Earth's forested land is currently protected from logging/deforestation?

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How does the lifetime of methane vary in the atmosphere?

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Is Zealandia really big enough to be called a continent?

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What are the relative contributions of planets to the Milankovitch Cycles?

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What is the smallest grid spacing that Eulerian air quality models should use?

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What are the different hardness scales?

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How do we calculate if a meteoroid will completely burn up in the atmosphere?

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How are critical loads of nitrogen deposition on eco-regions determined?

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What percentage of cumulonimbus clouds create lightning?

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What is the significance of the "super historic" rainfall for July 2015 in southern California?

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Which crops are especially sensitive to atmospheric ozone?

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Is there any link between the weekly human cycle and weather?

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What's the minimum number of days needed for reporting a "monthly average" of daily satellite retrievals?

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What meteorological factors contribute to springtime Trans-Pacific air-pollution events?

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How long do geysers typically stay active in Yellowstone?

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How is it determined whether an air pollutant is "hazardous"?

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How can we estimate the amount of sediment that traveled downstream during the California flood?