Questions are not assigned by specialty, so a question about earthquakes might go to a specialist in ground water. Many scientists enjoy finding answers to questions outside their specialty. We received over 38,000 messages October 1994 through April 1999. We answered more than 20,000 questions October 1994 through April 1999. We received an average of 1809 messages per month January through March 1999.
Most scientists answer six questions once per month.
One scientist answers all the questions received on a given day of the month. Each message received is forwarded to a different scientist. Due to overwhelming demand, new software limits the number of questions answered each day. Scientists can answer questions more efficiently. Please do not send earth science questions to this address.