earth science

noun

|Updated on: 7 Jun 2018

Definition of earth science

: any of the sciences (such as geology, meteorology, or oceanography) that deal with the earth or with one or more of its parts — compare geoscience

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earth scientist

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Recent Examples of earth science from the Web

The city is home to a small tech business park with a Microsoft data center and supercomputer dedicated to earth sciences.

— mead gruver, The Christian Science Monitor, "Wyoming tries to attract blockchain business," 23 May 2018
The 12 circulating kits will include books, DVDs, and other interactive materials, which explore engineering, electricity, robotics, earth science, and math, Ryczek explained.

— staff report, chicagotribune.com, "Green thumbs at work in Northlake Public Library's Learning Garden project," 21 May 2018
Feustel, who earned a bachelor’s degree in solid earth sciences in 1989 and a master’s degree in geophysics from Purdue in 1991, has spent 80 days in space, including 51 days on his third mission.

— travis fedschun, Fox News, "Astronaut, Purdue University alum receives honorary doctorate, addresses graduates from space," 13 May 2018
Feustel earned a bachelor's degree in solid earth sciences from Purdue in 1989 and a master's degree in geophysics from the school two years later, Purdue said in a news release.

— dakin andone, CNN, "An astronaut aboard the International Space Station got a degree at Purdue's graduation," 12 May 2018
Darwin’s Fossils: Discoveries that Shaped the Theory of Evolution by Adrian Lister, a research leader in the earth science department at the Natural History Museum, London, is published by Smithsonian Books.

— Smithsonian, "How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Evolved," 8 May 2018
On Wednesday, a replica of the slab was unveiled in the atrium of the center’s earth sciences building.

— kenneth chang, New York Times, "Where NASA Put a Parking Lot, Dinosaurs and Mammals Once Crossed Paths," 31 Jan. 2018
Stock went back to graduate school to study cave development at UC Santa Cruz, earning a PhD in earth sciences in 2004, then did a year of postdoctoral research at the University of Michigan.

— San Francisco Chronicle, "Insider: Yosemite geologist shares his park favorites," 25 Apr. 2018
Joe Licciardi, an earth sciences professor at UNH, helped graduate student Samantha Sinclair in leading the study, which was recently published in the Journal of Quaternary Science.

— laney ruckstuhl, BostonGlobe.com, "UNH researchers say they discovered hidden moraines left behind by glaciers," 26 Mar. 2018

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