Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged natural-disasters

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Q&A Does the sun being blocked affect electricity?

6 answers · posted 7y ago by KaguraRap‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by PinoBatch‭

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Q&A Are large meteor craters possible with the survival of most human society?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Cascader‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Cascader‭

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Q&A Who is likely to die because of a prolonged power outage? How long does it take?

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by David‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by David‭

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Q&A How close must a supernova be to severely harm the Earth?

2 answers · posted 7y ago by bowlturner‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by bowlturner‭

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Q&A What Kind of Bolide Would Chicxulub Be to Create the Bigger Airburst--Asteroid or Comet?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A What did the night sky look like 63 million years ago?

3 answers · posted over 6 years ago by fluffy‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by fluffy‭

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Q&A Floor is lava, need answer

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by user6760‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Is there any way for humanity to cope with perpetual acid rains?

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by user6760‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by user6760‭

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Q&A What would we need to have 1km deep fissures spanning out across the planet?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Sandorien‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Sandorien‭

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Q&A What would be the effect(s) of this asteroid?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Hunt Castle‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Hunt Castle‭

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Q&A How long until land life can return after the impact?

2 answers · posted 2y ago by neutralParadox‭ · last activity 2y ago by neutralParadox‭

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Q&A The moon will fall to earth in 100 years, how fast is the asteroid that knocked it down?

4 answers · posted 2y ago by Vogon Poet‭ · last activity 2y ago by Vogon Poet‭

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Q&A What would an asteroid impact feel like to someone standing on the moon?

2 answers · posted 2y ago by breathlessblizzard‭ · last activity 2y ago by breathlessblizzard‭

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Q&A Can Shade Balls be used to stop hurricanes?

3 answers · posted 2y ago by joshua.thomas.bird‭ · last activity 2y ago by joshua.thomas.bird‭

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Q&A What disaster could wipe out civilisation worldwide, but allow for immediate rebuilding? What would be the side effects?

8 answers · posted 2y ago by savo‭ · last activity 2y ago by savo‭

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Q&A Can We Prevent an Impact Winter Extinction with Modern Technology?

5 answers · posted 2y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity 2y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Life on planet regularly hit with meteorites

5 answers · posted over 4 years ago by Harshmellow‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Harshmellow‭

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Q&A What would it look like if a portal opened to a dimension with drastically less energy?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Jake‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Jake‭

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Q&A A Dozen Cubic Miles of Volcanic Ash--How Big Would the Cloud Be?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A High-Altitude Asteroid Impact

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A Human caused disasters creating a whole new continent

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Rose‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by Rose‭

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Q&A How would constant rhythmic tsunamis affect the coast lines of the Atlantic Ocean?

1 answer · posted almost 3 years ago by Michael Faraday‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by Michael Faraday‭

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Q&A What natural event could strip all of Earth atmosphere?

5 answers · posted 3y ago by user6760‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Effects of asteroid passing very close to the planet

5 answers · posted over 3 years ago by martinkunev‭ · last activity 3y ago by martinkunev‭

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Q&A How to wipe out ALL life on Earth, but leave it habitable?

5 answers · posted over 3 years ago by SealBoi‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by SealBoi‭

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Q&A Extinction Equilibrium: 50%

8 answers · posted over 3 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A What could explain why trees only have 12 rings?

13 answers · posted over 3 years ago by Reactgular‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by Reactgular‭

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Q&A An Inverse Great Dying

5 answers · posted over 3 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A To Conquer the Earth by Appearing Ship

8 answers · posted over 3 years ago by BMS21‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by BMS21‭

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Q&A Can I trigger supernova artificially?

5 answers · posted over 3 years ago by trejder‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by trejder‭

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Q&A Would an asteroid of similar size to the one that hit 65 million years ago cause humans to go extinct?

8 answers · posted 4y ago by Dibran Joe‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by Dibran Joe‭

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Q&A How many "years without a summer" can society survive?

4 answers · posted over 4 years ago by EveryBitHelps‭ · last activity over 3 years ago by EveryBitHelps‭

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Q&A Recipe For the 300-Mile Wide Crater

2 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity almost 4 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A Likely warning time for extinction event asteroid

3 answers · posted almost 4 years ago by JBiggs‭ · last activity almost 4 years ago by JBiggs‭

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Q&A Do different angles of strike affect the destructive power of an asteroid?

1 answer · posted almost 4 years ago by System‭ · last activity almost 4 years ago by System‭

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Q&A What would life be like on the remnants of a shattered planet?

2 answers · posted almost 6 years ago by ApproachingDarknessFish‭ · last activity almost 4 years ago by ApproachingDarknessFish‭

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Q&A A few dozen Millennia after Yellowstone erupts, how close would a parking lot look to a natural Iron Vein?

3 answers · posted over 4 years ago by Sidney‭ · last activity over 4 years ago by Sidney‭

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Q&A How could a triggered earthquake be stopped?

2 answers · posted over 4 years ago by user7737‭ · last activity over 4 years ago by user7737‭

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Q&A What would be the consequences for Earth if the moon disappeared?

5 answers · posted over 6 years ago by Explorer‭ · last activity almost 5 years ago by Explorer‭

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Q&A What would be the immediate climatic effects of having a continent appear out of nowhere?

2 answers · posted almost 5 years ago by System‭ · last activity almost 5 years ago by System‭

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Q&A Is it possible for coronal mass ejections or perhaps a gamma ray burst to cause firestorms on an earth-like planet?

3 answers · posted over 5 years ago by J. Crane‭ · last activity 5y ago by J. Crane‭

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Q&A How can I catch an asteroid?

5 answers · posted over 5 years ago by ckersch‭ · last activity 5y ago by ckersch‭

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Q&A How to prepare for a huge asteroid strike?

11 answers · posted over 6 years ago by Aracthor‭ · last activity 5y ago by Aracthor‭

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Q&A How can an entire kingdom be removed from the middle of a continent?

8 answers · posted 5y ago by Owlitz‭ · last activity 5y ago by Owlitz‭

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Q&A Making doomsayers right - a moon(s), planet alignment that matters

4 answers · posted 6y ago by James‭ · last activity 5y ago by James‭

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Q&A How to naturally maintain a Earth-sized Planetary Ring System and the possible periodic bombardment that can ensue?

2 answers · posted over 5 years ago by EveryBitHelps‭ · last activity over 5 years ago by EveryBitHelps‭

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Q&A What part of the coast gets hit by the tsunami?

3 answers · posted over 5 years ago by Joe‭ · last activity over 5 years ago by Joe‭

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Q&A Results of Pangaea

3 answers · posted 6y ago by Addy Daudrich‭ · last activity over 5 years ago by Addy Daudrich‭

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Q&A How to explain perpetual earthquake magnitude at least 5 on Richter scale?

2 answers · posted almost 6 years ago by user6760‭ · last activity almost 6 years ago by user6760‭

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Q&A How big a black hole is needed for this story?

3 answers · posted over 6 years ago by Henry Taylor‭ · last activity almost 6 years ago by Henry Taylor‭

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