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Is there anywhere that models predict will get nicer to live because of climate change?

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My 4 year old wants to know: Why do magnetic fields exist?

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In the case of catastrophic slippage of polar ice sheets, would the drop in the ocean's salinity cause mass extinctions?

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Is water an effective sunblock?

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How stable are convection cells in the mantle over long time periods?

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If life existed on a nearby extrasolar planet. How would we detect it?

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Would the space around an observer falling into a singularity appear to expand at an accelerating rate?

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On the relationship between stable orbits for planetary formation, solar wind and the habitable zones of stars

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The expansion of the Universe is accelerating, will the speed of acceleration asymptotically approach the speed of light, surpass it, or neither?

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Why didn't Eratosthenes assume the Sun's rays were parallel for his experiment?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is there anywhere that models predict will get nicer to live because of climate change?	50
My 4 year old wants to know: Why do magnetic fields exist?	43
In the case of catastrophic slippage of polar ice sheets, would the drop in the ocean's salinity cause mass extinctions?	9
Is water an effective sunblock?	8
How stable are convection cells in the mantle over long time periods?	6
If life existed on a nearby extrasolar planet. How would we detect it?	4
Would the space around an observer falling into a singularity appear to expand at an accelerating rate?	3
On the relationship between stable orbits for planetary formation, solar wind and the habitable zones of stars	3
The expansion of the Universe is accelerating, will the speed of acceleration asymptotically approach the speed of light, surpass it, or neither?	2
Why didn't Eratosthenes assume the Sun's rays were parallel for his experiment?	2