Outline of earth science

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Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. Earth is arguably a special case in planetary science, being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to the Earth science. The major historic disciplines use physics, geology, mathematics, chemistry, and biology to build a quantitative understanding of the principal areas or spheres of the Earth system.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to earth science:

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[edit] Essence of earth science

Main article: Earth science

Earth science is also known as:

[edit] Earth's spheres

[edit] Branches of earth science

[edit] Geology

[edit] Soil science

[edit] Oceanography

[edit] Geography

[edit] Limnology

[edit] Glaciology

[edit] Atmospheric science

[edit] Systems or multidisciplinary

[edit] History of earth science

Main article: History of earth science; see also History of geology

[edit] General earth science concepts

[edit] Leaders in earth science

[edit] Earth science lists

Main article: List of earth science topics

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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