Top new questions this week:
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I am not a scientist but I am interested in the effects of global warming on the envirand would like to read more in a layman form. I have read where global warming – hotter earth surface temperature …
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It’s well known that the Great Lakes produce large amounts of precipitation in the Fall. When cold polar air moves over the lakes it causes large amounts of relatively warm moist air to rise, …
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As far as I understand, wind is stochastic on small scale. Then wouldn’t that mean, since the function is not Riemann integrable, Fourier Transform cannot be used? What is the reason that climate …
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I want to determine the height of a sine wave for some tidal constituents for which I would use the following equation: ?(?)=?cos(??−?), where H is the amplitude, ? is the speed of rotation, t …
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As a newbie on climate science and meteorology I’m trying to understand the almost logarithmic behavior of CO2 concentration on radiation forcing $$F(c) = A \cdot \ln \frac{c}{c_0}$$ and why there is …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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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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A few months ago, I witnessed something off the coast of Florida that I have never seen in my life. From my apartment, from about 10PM – 12AM, I saw pretty much continuous cloud to cloud lightning. I …
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I have been set the task of researching plate tectonics, specifically: “Why was its discovery so important in its time and controversial?” I do not need a long answer, although more detail is always …
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From an aerial view just off the island of Mauritius, there is what appears be an underwater waterfall. The picture below illustrates this visual phenomenon: The image can also be seen from the …
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I would like to ask that at what distance from the Earth’s surface the curvature of the Earth is visible. What layer of the atmosphere is this? I’ve noticed that at the height of 9-12 Km (the view …
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Why is the Arctic melting, but the Antarctic doing great? That’s what the latest IPCC report says (p. 2-192 of the Physical Science Basis provides a time series), but it says nothing, unless I missed …
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Took some sulfur stones while hiking on a volcano. Keeping them at home as a piece of decore. Is it safe to store it on a shelf? Can it ignite or somehow do harm to me or to my pets?
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