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 I want to model future coastal flooding caused by sea-level rise under the latest IPCC scenarios at global scale. To this end, I use the Copernicus Digital Elevation Model (Copernicus DEM: … 
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 In this video Earth’s carbon cycle is investigated with a bit of maths.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIOrF0-R33o  It is in German, but the idea behind I can describe easily:  There are reservoirs of … 
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 Solar panels create electricity from (sun)light. It stands to reason that more hours of light equals more electricity. This is a gross simplification of the problem, as light strength, heat, how … 
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 Are there any simple models to approximate soil moisture level (%) as a function of distance from a waterbody (say a lake)? If one assigns saturation level of lake to 100% , then are there any … 
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 This is an image of the wind in est Asia, south of Japan.  How do you explain this zone I circled in pink, where winds from north and south face each other? Thanks 
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 I come from a background in research in pure Mathematics and, after a period of self-learning, I am currently looking for a career in Deep Learning. I recently applied for a job in Deep Learning and … 
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 I am looking to draw form lines on this map based on the strike and dip measurements taken on site. From what I have gathered it is an anticline with a possible second fault to the right hand side. … 
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 I was just reading this about how Hurricane Ethel could have merged with Hurricane Dora in 1964.    Has such a merge ever happened before in history? If so, what was the result? Would storms become … 
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 The human body temperature is about 37 °C (99 °F), so as the population increases does this cause the Earth’s temperature to rise? 
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 I’ve read many papers about Grand Solar Minimums and Glassberg Minimums, known to science for a very long time, and studied and monitored with many public funds. History shows solar activity is the … 
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 Reading a course on Precambrian, I read that:    Earth Age (around 4.5 billion years) is dated thanks to the meteorites hitting Earth during its formation rather than the inner materials composing the … 
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 What is the location on Earth that is closest to the Sun?    I’ve seen this question asked many times, and answered in varied and contradictory ways:  The most common answer is “the summit of Chimborazo … 
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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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 When I was in school, I was taught that we need oxygen to breathe, but it actually constitutes only a small fraction of the atmospheric composition, and that nitrogen constituted the largest fraction … 
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