Answers to Earth Science Questions

I come from Dorset and there's a hill with a pond up there. The strange thing is that it never dries out. Why is...

I've been hearing a lot about when you get frost on your car first thing in the morning and people saying that it...

If clouds are made up of water, why do they differ in colour, from fluffy white to dark and black?

Given that as altitude increases, temperature decreases, does this means that when precipitation falls from clouds it...

It's well known in the USA that bees are dying. This is having profound effects on certain types of agriculture....

Please can you calculate how much extra fuel will be burned by a motorist during the current World Cup campaign as a...

What happens to the great hollows that we're leaving below the sea beds when you extract all this oil and gas?

When people measure carbon dioxide, a lot of the time it is measured in weight. They'll say that your car releases...

How long would a flip in the Earth's magnetic field take, and how might it affect technology?

We know that we're living on a nuclear furnace and heat's being made all the time in the core. Is there no...

What is global dimming?

Are there any immediate effects of sun spots on the weather, such as when solar bursts occur? What about long term...

You can predict the weather months in advance, but sometimes the weather forecasters don't even get it right next...

We're having a nasty dust storm at the moment, which brings me to my question: What causes wind gusts?

How does the weather affect weaker ocean currents?

On many different occasions, I've noticed that in a thunder storm the lightning can be pastel blue or yellow or...

On Tuesday morning, the BBC website five day forecast predicted that there would be rain. On Tuesday afternoon, the...

If you get an ice cube and put it in a glass of water, when it melts it has exactly the same volume. This is the reason...

We reckon that all the polar ice caps are melting. Assuming that they've all melted and the water levels have all...

I never know which plastics can be recycled and which can't. Also, how is it all recycled? What's the...

My local council has told us to stop putting plastic carrier bags in the recycling bin. The reason allegedly is that...

What happens to syringes and how do they get recycled?

I've heard that there are only two major recycling plants in the UK and the rest is sent abroad in boats. If this...

We're on an island surrounded by water. How come we've got a water shortage?