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Have there ever been simultaneous cyclones in the same ocean but different hemispheres?
I'm teaching a physics class, and I'm getting to the point where we are talking about the Coriolis effect. I usually show a couple of photos/videos showing a storm in the Northern Hemisphere and a storm in the Southern Hemisphere, and talk about…
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How accurate is the law of superposition?
Recently I started being more interested in the rational details of the sciences (... being often challenged about them by a creationist friend) and one of the creationist 'theories' I've encountered is how the law of superposition - i.e. the claim…
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Continental collision – evidence left of river mouths and estuaries along the boundary?
Are there any examples of now completely landlocked former river mouths or estuaries that became so after continental collision? As an example, consider the closure of the ocean between India and the Eurasian Plate – is there any evidence today,…
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Can a 99.9% probability of an M≥ 5 earthquake within a 3-year period be verified?
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Potential for a large earthquake near Los Angeles inferred from the 2014 La Habra earthquake (2015)
Obviously there has been much discussion on the viability of earthquake prediction. This recent paper presents some rather bold claims:
The…
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Why does volcanic dust pose such a hazard to air travel?
What properties does volcanic ash have that make it a hazard to aircraft jet engines which are not posed by other sources of atmospheric dust, such as Saharan dust? Is it merely a question of atmospheric concentration or relative height?
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Was Russia's original territory unfavorable for agriculture?
How favourable were the soil and climate in Russia's landmass of the 1500s for growing crops in comparison with Northern European countries?
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What meteorological factors contribute to springtime Trans-Pacific air-pollution events?
The transport of tropospheric ozone, ozone precursors, carbon monoxide, etc from Asia to North America is an active area of research (see J.L. Ambrose, et al., 2011) These types of events occur rather dramatically in the springtime, apparently due…
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Are the storm cones introduced by Robert Fitzroy still in use?
In 1860 or so, following the tragic wreck of the Royal Charter with the loss of over 400 lives, storm cones were installed in many UK ports, under the direction of Admiral Fitzroy, head of the government's forerunner of the modern Meteorological…
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Paper result validation and the scientific method in earth science
The context of this question is computational earth science specifically meteorology/climatology but I am sure it applies to all the scientific disciplines where numerical methods are used.
Recently I had asked the author of a peer reviewed paper…
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A good book or source for climate science and meteorology basics?
I have a mainly a hydro-geological and geo-statistical background, I would like to have a basic introduction to meteorological, climatic processes and modelling techniques related to these fields. Any good resources?
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Lab procedure for analyzing/assessing the presence of semi-volatile solids
I'm looking for a lab experiment design that shows how to measure the presence of semi-volatile solids in water (and not sludge or soil or solids). All I have found so far are chromotography/mass spectometry methods. Are there any ‘less advanced’…
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Is seismology really the only way to measure the thickness of Earth's layers?
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How can we guess the size of the earths inner core?
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How can we measure the thickness of the earths mantle?
use seismic waves as the method for detirmining size and thickness of sections in the earth.
Is this…
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What is the most powerful natural catastrophic event on record?
Natural catastrophic events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and meteor impacts releases vast amount of energy.
What is the most powerful single event of such nature ever recorded in human history on the planet Earth? And as a…
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Why can't wave models model storm surge?
I found this nice module here on MetEd that gives an overview of the WAVEWATCH wave model. In it, in the Introduction section, it is mentioned that WAVEWATCH cannot model storm surge or tsunamis. Is this true of all 3rd generation models? Can source…
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Evidence of a seismic trigger of the Storegga Slide ~8.2ka
The Storegga Slide was a catastrophic underwater landslide that occurred off the coast of Norway about 8,200 years ago. This YouTube clip shows simulations that indicate that this slide resulted in landslides in the 10's of metres across the…
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