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How would the Weather be on a Double Planet System?
context is always important to give a good answer to such a question. So here is some data and Renders from the System.
It consists of the two Planets Hela and Vesna. Hela has a Radius of 5636.492km ...
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Would a permanent rain be possible?
Would there any scientifical explanation to a permanent rain (at least 2 years) everywhere on Earth ? Climate-change ?
My best explanation at this point is accelerated ice cap melting. There must be ...
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What tornadic wind speed would be required to destroy a reinforced masonry structure?
Tornadoes are well-known to be one of the most destructive forces on the planet, packing the capacity to practically delete small towns from the map and lay waste to billions of dollars worth of ...
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How Could A Planet With Extremely Enlarged Subtropical Zones Exist?
In my Book Series, I want there to be a vaguely Earth-sized planet called Awal with an Earth-like atmosphere. However, climate-wise, I need the subtropical climate zones in each hemisphere to cover 40%...
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How can I make my often-lightning-struck mesa sound like giant drums?
Premise 1: I prefer to know if it's possible to realize this without much handwaving (hence the science-based tag) but, as this is going to be in a fantasy setting, answers which make it possible with ...
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How do you develop global wind patterns for your world?
I'm trying to develop climatic maps for our countries and know that wind is a huge part of that. Our world is shaped the same as Earth, it's just a little smaller, and our axis is slightly less tilted ...
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Weather forecast for colossal O'Neill cylinders?
I think we can predict with great accuracy what's the weather going to be in a small O'Neill cylinder since we get to control the humidity and air flows, etc but then a tiny variation in temperature ...
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Weather with extreme seasons
Assuming the axial tilt of the Earth was increased to roughly 30°, and the orbital eccentricity roughly doubled(0.03 as opposed to 0.016) so that the average temperature stayed the same, but the ...
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Meteorological consequences of walls reaching into the sky, enclosing a large area
Suppose we walled off a 1000 km square. These walls would be made of unobtanium (so they don't break), and have no cracks or holes that go all the way through. They are also around 15 kilometres high, ...
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Mechanism behind ocean-containing ice caps
I don't fully understand the mechanisms behind an ice cap that contains all the water in the oceans. Just to be specific, I have a planet that resembles Mars, i.e. desert at the equator, ice at poles. ...
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Could Long, Dense Walls of "Megamangroves" Deflect The Deadliest of Storms?
This is the world's tallest tree--the coast redwood. It can grow as high up as 115.5 meters. Any taller, and the transportation of water in its vascular tissues would not climb all the way.
But in ...
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How could a portable handheld weather machine work?
Intro: As some of you may know, the character shown in this picture is none other than the Weather Wizard, one of the Flash's most dangerous adversaries. With the help of rod-like device in his hand (...
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How would X-Seed 4000(s) affect the weather?
So, the X-Seed 4000 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Seed_4000) is a rather large lad. The tallest building ever fully realized. Let's just say that, in five decades, they decide to actually build ...
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If we dug a really big hole on Mars, how long would it last?
How long will a 400 km wide 30 km deep pit (trench or crater) with a relatively shallow (for stability) gradient of slope of 20 degrees from the edge to the surface of the planets crust be expected to ...
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Permanent Mist/Fog in an area [duplicate]
How could a region have a (semi-) permanent mist/fog?
As close to natural as possible but possible enhancements are an option like:
Technological : can both be chemical or mechanical but should ...
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