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 Erosion Exosphere (Atmospheric sciences)
G
Gaia hypothesis
Gemology (mineralogy) Geochemistry Geochronology (Geophysics) Geodesy (see Surveying) Geodynamics (Geophysics and Tectonics) Geographical Information System Geography 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) 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
References
. Science-related lists Earth science topics (alphabetical)