Earth science (also known as geoscience, the
geosciences or the Earth Sciences), is an
all-embracing term for the sciences related
to the planet Earth.
It is arguably a special case in planetary
science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing
planet.
There are both reductionist and holistic approaches
to Earth science.
There are four major disciplines in earth
sciences, namely geography, geology, geophysics
and geodesy.
These major disciplines use physics, chemistry,
biology, chronology and mathematics to build
a quantitative understanding of the principal
areas or spheres of the Earth system.
Articles related to earth science include:
== A ==
Antarctic convergence
Atmospheric chemistry
Atmospheric physics
Atmospheric sciences
== B ==
Biosphere
Biogeography
== C ==
Cartography
Chemical oceanography
Climatology
Crust
Cryosphere
Crystallography (mineralogy)
== D ==
Dynamo theory
== E ==
Earth's core
Earth's magnetic field
Earth's mantle
Economic geology
Edaphology (soil science)
Engineering geology
Environmental geology
Environmental science
Exosphere (Atmospheric sciences)
Erosion
== G ==
Gaia hypothesis
Gemology (mineralogy)
Geochemistry
Geochronology (Geophysics)
Geodesy (see Surveying)
Geodynamics (Geophysics and Tectonics)
Geography
Geographical Information System
Geoinformatics (GIS)
Geology
Geomagnetics (Geophysics)
Geomicrobiology
Geomorphology
Geophysics
Geosphere
Geostatistics
Glaciology (Geology and Hydrology)
Gravimetry (Geophysics)
== H ==
Historical geology
Human geography
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Hydrometeorology
Hydrosphere
== I ==
Intertropical Convergence Zone
== L ==
Limnology (Hydrology)
List of earth science topics (alphabetical)
(deliberate self-link)
Lithosphere (Geology)
== M ==
Magma (Volcanology)
Magnetosphere
Marine biology (Oceanography)
Marine geology (Oceanography)
Meridional flow
Mesosphere (Atmospheric sciences)
Meteorology
Micropaleontology
Mineralogy
== O ==
Oceanography
== P ==
Paleoceanography
Paleoclimatology
Pedology (Soil science)
Pedosphere (Soil science)
Petrology (Geology)
Physical geography
Physical oceanography
Planetary geology
Plate tectonics
== Q ==
Quaternary geology
== R ==
Remote Sensing and GIS
== S ==
Sedimentology (Geology)
Seismology (Geophysics)
Soil science
Stratigraphy (Geology)
Stratosphere (Atmospheric sciences)
Structural geology
Surveying (see Geodesy)
== T ==
Thermosphere (Atmospheric sciences)
Tropopause
Troposphere (Atmospheric sciences)
Tornadoes
== V ==
Volcanology
== Z ==
Zonal flow
