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Episodes for 2009

172
Special Announcement: CoreFacts Being Discontinued
Tagged: corefacts  Aug  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 8/13/2009


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171
What can I do to be prepared for a landslide?
Tagged: hazards  landslides  safety  Jul  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 7/29/2009


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170
What type of sounds do cicadas make?
Tagged: insects  biology  Jul  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 7/22/2009


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169
How is water cleaned?
Tagged: water  Jul  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 7/15/2009


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168
Can my dog or cat get West Nile Virus (WNV) by eating an infected animal?
Tagged: disease  WestNile  Jul  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 7/8/2009


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167
Why should people in the Eastern United States be concerned about earthquakes?
Tagged: earthquakes  hazards  Jul  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 7/1/2009


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166
What is tuff?
Tagged: volcanoes  hazards  minerals  Jun  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 6/24/2009


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165
How did Asian swamp eels get here?
Tagged: biology  InvasiveSpecies  Jun  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 6/17/2009


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164
How far did the ash from Mount St. Helens travel?
Tagged: hazards  volcanoes  Jun  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 6/10/2009


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163
What is a supervolcano?
Tagged: hazards  volcanoes  Jun  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 6/3/2009


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162
What can I do to be prepared for a landslide?
Tagged: hazards  landslides  safety  May  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 5/27/2009


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161
Why do salmon die after they spawn?
Tagged: fish  biology  May  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 5/20/2009


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160
What is the National Map?
Tagged: maps  May  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 5/13/2009


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159
Why is Yellowstone called Yellowstone?
Tagged: hazards  volcanoes  May  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 5/6/2009


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158
Were dinosaurs social animals?
Tagged: dinosaurs  Apr  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 4/29/2009


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157
What is a "lava dome"?
Tagged: lava  volcanoes  hazards  Apr  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 4/22/2009


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156
What is the difference between intensity scales and magnitude scales?
Tagged: earthquakes  hazards  magnitude  Apr  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 4/15/2009


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155
How many giant eruptions have occurred in Yellowstone National Park and how large were they?
Tagged: volcanoes  hazards  Yellowstone  geology  Apr  2009  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 4/8/2009


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154
What are the differences between low pathogenic and highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses and how are influenza viruses grouped?
Tagged: AvianInfluenza  biology  birds  2009  Mar  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 3/11/2009


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153
Does the Earth's magnetic field affect human health?
Tagged: Earth  geomagnetism  2009  Mar  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 3/4/2009


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152
How do volcanoes erupt?
Tagged: hazards  volcanoes  2009  Feb  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 2/25/2009


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151
What was Pangea?
Tagged: Earth  planet  geology  volcanoes  2009  Feb  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 2/11/2009


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150
What is a thunderegg?
Tagged: volcanoes  hazards  Oregon  2009  Feb  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 2/4/2009


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149
What are some positive outcomes of volcanoes?
Tagged: hazards  volcanoes  2009  Jan  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 1/28/2009


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148
What does the term "stream stage" mean?
Tagged: 2009  Jan  water  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 1/21/2009


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147
Does a shortage of rain necessarily mean that a drought will occur?
Tagged: 2009  Jan  water  weather  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 1/14/2009


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146
What is "artesian well water"?
Tagged: Jan  2009  water  groundwater  (Back to Main Page)
Published: 1/7/2009


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