earth scientist
Studies the ground
An earth scientist studies the physical components and processes of Earth—its rocks, water, atmosphere, and natural systems.
The term encompasses geologists, oceanographers, meteorologists, and climatologists.
Earth scientists warn that groundwater depletion is accelerating.
The field is sometimes called geoscience.
- geologyStudy of Earth's composition
- meteorologyStudy of atmospheric phenomena
- tectonic platesMobile crustal sections
- fault lineTectonic boundary crack
- seismic wavesEnergy from earth movements
fieldwork · field research · volcanology · satellite imaging · resource management · geophysics · radiometric dating · carbon dating · oceanography · paleontology · climatology · hydrology · environmental conservation · core sampling · soil sample · ice core · ecologist · climate change mitigation
- weather scientistsmeteorologist, meteorologists, climatologist, climatologists, weather forecaster
earth scientistastronomer
Celestial bodies researcher
astrophysicist · cosmologist · exobiologist · astrobiologist · rocket scientist
earth scientisttheoretical physicist
Scientist modeling physical phenomena abstractly
earth scientistsocial scientist
Scholar of human society
sociologist · anthropologist · psychologist · economist · political scientist
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