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18 February 2007

My girlfriend and I were talking about flying in a plane and the fact that the higher you go, the colder it gets. How...

18 February 2007

If water freezes at zero, we get frost at three degrees C?

21 January 2007

A lot of smart people think global warming is just part of a natural trend that humans have very little influence on....

21 January 2007

Jet streams flow laterally due to centripetal forces. If CFC gases caused the hole in the ozone layer over the poles,...

21 January 2007

I've heard that the eruption of Krakatoa causes massive cooling in the atmosphere and these effects are...