Portal:Earth sciences The Earth Sciences Portal The major disciplines of Earth sciences use physics, mathematics, and chemistry to build a quantitative understanding of the principal areas or spheres of the Earth system. As in many sciences, the Earth can be studied both experimentally and theoretically. Also, there are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth Science. Although mining and precious stones have been in human interests throughout the history of civilization, their development into the sciences of economic geology and mineralogy did not occur until the 18th century. Applications of Earth sciences include the exploration and exploitation of mineral and hydrocarbon resources, cartography, weather forecasting patterns, and warning of volcanic eruptions. Edit an Earth sciences article Whether you are an expert or a novice, be bold, improve an article by editing it. Join one of the WikiProjects listed below.
Book:Earth science From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Overview Earth Earth science Earth's spheres Hydrosphere Biosphere Atmosphere Lithosphere Geosphere Pedosphere Cryosphere Magnetosphere Branches of earth science Geology Soil science Oceanography Geography Limnology Glaciology Atmospheric sciences Portal:Forestry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A pine forest in Sweden Forestry is the science, art, and craft of creating, managing, using, conserving, and restoring forests and associated resources to meet desired goals, needs, and values for human benefit. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Additional categories Purge server cache
Geography Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία, geographia, lit. "earth description"[1]) is a field of science dedicated to the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of the Earth.[2] A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (276–194 BC).[3] Four historical traditions in geographical research are spatial analysis of the natural and the human phenomena (geography as the study of distribution), area studies (places and regions), study of the man-land relationship, and research in the Earth sciences.[4] Nonetheless, modern geography is an all-encompassing discipline that foremost seeks to understand the Earth and all of its human and natural complexities - not merely where objects are, but how they have changed and come to be. Introduction Traditionally, geographers have been viewed the same way as cartographers and people who study place names and numbers. Branches Physical geography
Category:Geography portals This is the top-level category for the portals related to geography. The main portal is Portal:Geography. Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total. Pages in category "Geography portals" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.