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Aren't fresh water deposits renewed by the water cycle?

I have recently watched the documentary "How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?" with David Attenborough. In it, the main factors that will...

Asked on 08/01/2021 by user14513

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How do hematite and magnetite form?

I want to understand the conditions under which hematite $ce{Fe_2O_3}$ and magnetite $ce{Fe_3O_4}$ form in nature. The linked Wikipedia articles explain various conditions under which they form, but...

Asked on 07/30/2021

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What is the status of meteorological data exchange standards?

How do the web services exchange meteorological data? One method is transferring NetCDF and GRIB data and hooking them up to your software. I read here about the...

Asked on 07/30/2021

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What caused the bend in the Emperor/Hawaii chain of islands, 45 million years ago?

What caused the bend in the Emperor/Hawaii chain of islands, 45 million years ago? Has there been any updates to this mystery I am unaware of? Are there any...

Asked on 07/28/2021 by Alistair Riddoch

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Why are clouds outlining the southeastern United States?

While watching the Starlink 25 launch earlier this month, I noticed that the Florida peninsula seemed to be nicely outlined by clouds. Pulling up satellite imagery from that time...

Asked on 07/27/2021

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Chicxulub Asteroid Remains?

Do scientists know if the Chicxulub asteroid disintegrated completely upon impact or if any (large or small) chunks of the asteroid remained intact? If it is possible that a significant...

Asked on 07/27/2021 by user6473

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Difficulty interpolating near poles using lat/lons

I've been writing a 2D interpolation scheme for use on the globe which utilizes lat/lon values. Once I try to use values closer to the poles, latitude distortion becomes...

Asked on 07/26/2021 by Ryan Clare

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Language to modernize a scientific Fortran codebase

Dear earth science community, I am seeking a language to modernize a large Fortran project that works with geospatial NetCDF files.The requirements for this language include:A rock-solid NetCDF library...

Asked on 07/26/2021 by Mike76

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How long to breathe (the equivalent) of all of the atmosphere?

I have done some rough calculations of how long it might take humanity: approx 80,000 years (that's taking Earth's population as 7.5 billion, 11,000 litres a day of breathing per...

Asked on 07/25/2021

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How do I find the temperature measured at 350 hPa?

You are flying 2.5 km over the ground while your mates are flying up at 350 hPa. All the way between you there are clouds. If you measure that the...

Asked on 07/24/2021 by Mathomat55

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