Encyclopedia of Earth

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Description: Searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts covering the environment of the Earth, with particular emphasis on the interaction between society and the natural spheres of the Earth. The scope of the Encyclopedia includes:

• The hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, magnetosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere, and their interactions.
• The living organisms on Earth that constitute its biological diversity.
• The interactions and feedbacks among society, biological diversity and the physical systems of the Earth. This includes the social, economic, political, behavioral, technical, cultural, legal, and ethical driving forces behind environmental change.
• Environmental physical sciences such as atmospheric sciences, Earth systems science, remote sensing, biogeochemistry, oceanography, and other non-biological terrestrial sciences.
• Environmental life sciences such as environmental biology, ecology, forestry, fisheries, marine biology, agriculture, aquaculture, and related fields.
• Environmental engineering and other sciences related to the impacts of natural and anthropogenic activities on the environment, including assessment, prevention, control, regulation, remediation, and restoration.
• Environmental social sciences such as ecological and environmental economics, environmental sociology and history, and other fields that study human social and cultural activities which affect, and are affected by, environmental conditions.
• Environmental data and information sciences that deal with the collection, storage, standardization, integration, analysis, and management of data related to the analysis of the environment or environmental change.

Subject(s):
Biology, Genetics & Life Sciences
Environmental Studies
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