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Why is sodium chloride far and away the most abundant salt dissolved in ocean water. Its two constituent ions do have a very high frequency in the crust of the earth but they are far from the most …
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Recent news articles related to this paper report the claim that Earth’s solid inner core sometimes rotates backwards. The literal claim (as it appears in headlines) seems to make no sense given a …
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In the recent paper published in Nature that sugests a 60-70 years inner core rotation cycle, it is said: Interestingly, the same multidecadal periodicity is also well observed in the Earth’s climate …
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I have read that the University of Chile uses seismic data to produce random numbers. (random.uchile.cl/randomness-beacon). Does seismic data real have randomness and if it so, which …
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Differential absorption in the near-infrared is used to retrieve total column water vapour from MODIS (Gao and Kaufman, 2003), OLCI (Preusker et al., 2021), and others. The idea is that reflected …
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I have been doing a lot of research on the Internet lately about various desalination processes which are being used today and this led me to begin studying about mountain weather and the orographic …
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According to Coriolis force an air parcel is deflected in the absence of other forces by the acceleration (Holton, 4th Edition): These equations lead to circular motion. This figure is from a Matlab …
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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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I know the focus of an earthquake is where the earthquake originated from, but what I could never figure out is, how to scientists find out where exactly the focus (and epicenter) are located?
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I think the level of carbon dioxide in the air is high enough to reduce the intelligence of humans. This has nothing to do with climate change. Except that both mean we should reduce CO₂. I never …
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I am in O’Fallon, Missouri and today it is -15 °C (5 °F) outside. I was taught water freezes at 0 °C (32 °F). I could understand if it was exactly 0 °C (32 °F) that the water might not be turning to …
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From me looking at maps, excluding the Caspian sea and the Great Lakes, I see these in common for seas and lakes: Seas Most are saltwater Connected to the rest of the ocean via either an isthmus, …
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My geology textbook tells me that soil is not renewable, and I agree with this, but there was some question in my class as to whether this is true. Some soils take more than a human lifetime to …
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Where is obsidian found? Is it typically found on the surface or underground? If underground, how far under (meters or feet would be perfect)? Also, is it found everywhere on Earth, or just in areas …
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There is no descriptive content on the interneton what Priessman slots are and how they can be used in numerical modeling. What is the benefit of that especially in hydraulic modeling?
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As the question probably shows, I am not really versed in geological sciences, but it is rather a worldbuilding question I have regarding a setting based on the North Carolina area of the USA. Would a …
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