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Bookmark or Share- How did the Ural mountains form? - Earth Science Stack ExchangeThe Ural mountains are one of the oldest mountain ranges on Earth. They started forming about 300 Ma ago by the subduction of the oceanic crust once attached to the Kazakhstania plate under the ancient Laurussia continent.
- Does a geomagnetic storm visibly deflect a compass?Compass angles (positive West, negative East) measured at BGS Lerwick, Eskdalemuir and Hartland observatories during 2003-10-29 and 2003-10-30. The the biggest change is seen at Lerwick, a smaller change is seen at Eskdalemuir further to the south (further away from the auroral zone where the field changes are occurring), and a smaller change ...
- The Dust Bowl: how's the recovery of all that topsoil going?The dust bowl occurred in six states, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. In environments dominated by a mild or temperate climate, it takes roughly 200-400 years to form half an inch of top soil. in wet tropical areas soil formation is substantially faster, it takes 200 years However tropical plants gobble up nutrients ...
- planetary science - What time and date is the sun directly overhead a ...Where GMT is Greenwich Meridian Time (the same than Universal Time for this effects), TimeZone is the time zone you are at. For instance -7 for the Pacific Time Zone in North America. And Longitude, is the longitude of the observer (expressed as a positive value for East longitudes and a negative value for West ones).
- Why does it snow in Harbin, China but not in Venice, Italy?Here, winter systems moving in directly from inland Canada ("Alberta clippers") typically bring less than 10 cm snow accumulation; while those that develop around the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandle, drawing moisture from the warm Gulf of Mexico, can bring snowfalls of 30 cm or more even without enhancements from the Lakes.
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