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We have lots of data measured by weather stations in our network, but unfortunately their temporal coverage is not sufficient to compute a full 30 years climatology (e.g. over the 1991-2020 period). …
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I am a marine geology masters student and I am writing my thesis on slow earthquakes. I will include graphs of the most common types of earthquakes: Low-frequency earthquakes Very low-frequency …
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I’m looking for glacier data that provides the velocity at different heights within a glacier. So, ideally I would like data that includes not only velocity at the surface, but also velocity at at …
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I am watching NHK World-Japan’s documentary The Mystery Of The 40 Meter Tsunami, which analyzes the 40.5-meter tsunami at Miyako, Iwate that occurred during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. …
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I was going through an old Indian survey map, when I saw this unfamiliar relief feature. It looked like a cross between a hachure and saddle. Could someone help identify it?
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I’m working through Artifaxian’s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzD_WVsEIRM) series on using gPlates to make tectonic history. I’ve run into the place where I have two subduction ridges about to …
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I’m a student of meteorology in first year. This time my question is not about a particular problem I have, but rather about teaching and learning: In a recent lecture on atmospheric dynamics we …
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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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In my region wind speed increases in Autumn. It reaches to 30 km/h with gust up to 40 km/h. I want to know at which speed the wind and gust can cause small damage of the normal window glass (We mostly …
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Today, I was coming back from music school, and it was raining heavily. An hour after I came back, the sun started coming out from one side, and the sky wa very brighr yellow. The lighting effects …
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The core of the sun has a temperature of 15,000,000 °C. The surface of the sun has temperature around 5,000 °C. The sun is around 93 million miles (150 million km) away from earth. My Question: With …
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I do know that the atmosphere protects life on Earth by absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, warming the surface through heat retention (greenhouse effect),and reducing temperature extremes between …
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Mohs Hardness Scale is basically a measurement of the hardness of a material, or more specific, a rock or mineral. But I have never been able to figure out why some minerals are harder than others.
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Why are deserts famous for fossils? Is it a coincidence? Some examples: Giant Catfish Fossil Found in Egyptian Desert Chile’s stunning fossil whale graveyard explained Giant Dinosaur Fossil Found …
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As an ordinary person without a science background, I did a bit of research into if microplastics are harmful. I’ve found 9 articles, and I’ve summarised my findings in my own words: Microplastics …
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Companies like tomorrow.io are promising satellite-based weather radar. However, I can easily imagine several flaws (especially in combination with the greater distance to storms than a ground-based …
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Hi I need a simple equation (polynomial third straight) for a PerpleX simulation to represent the mantle geotherm. The geotherms I have found on the internet so far (unfortunately I don’t have the …
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