Top new questions this week:
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I’ve been trying to find sources detailing the natural geographic features most suitable for shipping harbors along a coast—primarily for international trade. So far, I’ve read vague reference to …
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I was reading about weather balloons and the articles said that weather balloon flights usually last about two hours. When I looked up why, some articles said that when the balloons get high enough in …
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In the footage of Arctic sea ice in the spring or summer you can see gaps of water, lines of water between ice sheets, or kind of lakes of water mixed with icebergs. Even as far north as the North …
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I am studying the recent paludification (e.g. mineral soil forests turning to peatlands) in a boreal regime. I have collected peat samples from the peat/mineral subsoil contact that have been 14C …
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For example, Time for the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake is 2023-02-06 01:17:35 What time does this exactly represent, the start of earthquake’s wave or pick of the wave or something else?
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I have read many articles about drought forecasting, but I always come across the concept of ‘lead time’ for SPI forecasting. Please can someone who knows the subject briefly explain the concept of ‘…
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In layman’s terms, how does the Richter earthquake scale translate to the amplitude of horizontal surface movement at the epicenter? For example, given an earthquake of Richter magnitude 4, what is …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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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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It is said that Earth rotates from west to east. I take this as Earth’s western hemisphere moves towards the Eastern hemisphere when seen from the frame of reference of pole star. Now I can also …
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They say you can’t pack objects like pentagons or octagons such that they fill up space entirely and that that’s one reason there is no 5-fold or 8-fold rotational axis. Are you telling me you can …
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Fundamentals of atmospheric modeling show that the height of the tropopause depends on the location, notably the latitude, and that the troposphere is roughly 8km higher at the equator than the poles …
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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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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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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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Some big wildfires are hitting some places in Chile. I have read that aqueous bodies can be affected during/after major wildfires. Is it possible to determine if it is safe to drink spring water (…
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How does Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) affects Tropical cyclones, onset of monsoon and the ENSO Cycle? I cant seem to find any “general explanation” (concept wise) for how MJO affects the …
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