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Looking for a complete table of minerals for a database

I am building an open source spatial geochemical/geological observational database for mineral exploration. I need to fill the mineral lookup table. Where can I find a complete list of...

Asked on 02/06/2021 by Phillip Allen

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Will the definition of the second be changed?

(Please excuse my English) A well known fact about Earth's rotation(around its axis) is that the rotation is slow down due to the tidal friction. And because of it, the...

Asked on 02/06/2021 by pdh0710

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Has the research into the apparent "Pause" in GMSTs produced a substantially better explanation?

Zeke Hausfather tweetsJust six years ago many in the scientific community were obsessingover the apparent "pause" or "hiatus" in surface temperatures. Itfamously made it into...

Asked on 02/05/2021 by Dikran Marsupial

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Water on Mars and Earth

If water on Earth came from meteorites, why doesn't Mars have substantial water? What made it more highly probable on Earth than on Mars?...

Asked on 02/04/2021 by Porcupine

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Why does Volcano Lightning occur?

There are many pictures I've seen of lightning coming out of the plume of smoke caused by a volcano (Often called 'Volcano Lightning'). Example: Why...

Asked on 02/02/2021 by Azzie Rogers

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Why would volcano eruption cause cardiac arrest?

Following recent eruption of Mt Ontake and the sad news of over 30 people found in 'cardiac arrest', why would the eruption cause it? My initial thought would...

Asked on 02/02/2021

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Why is Mauna Kea taller than the maximum height possible on Earth?

We can calculate the maximum possible height of the mountain on earth.If the elastic limit of a typical rock is $3 times 10^8 mathrm{N/m}$ and its mean density is...

Asked on 02/02/2021 by Aneek

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Can we calculate the pressure gradient impact on two cyclones with the Fujiwhara effect?

If two cyclones come together and orbit each other as per the Fujiwhara Effectis there a way to calculate the change in pressure gradient that each will...

Asked on 02/02/2021 by Andrew Evans

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Is there any river that does not discharge into larger body of water?

Do you know any example of a river that does not flow into sea or lake? For example, if water rises from the underground spring and forms a river but...

Asked on 02/02/2021 by Hannelore Schmette

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Subsidence Inversion

With minimal knowledge of meteorology I understand how a high pressure system might lead to an inversion that builds as a high becomes more established, but why doesn’t the subsidence...

Asked on 01/30/2021 by Rob Wilkinson

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