A Journey on the Path Less Traveled
Earth science is an all-embracing term for the eclectic sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences. The formal discipline of Earth sciences may include the study of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, oceans and biosphere, as well as the solid earth.
1.1 The planets of the solar system: Planetary Geology When people first recognized that the planets resemble Earth more than the stars, excitement grew. Could intelligent life exist on these other planets, or elsewhere, in the universe? Space exploration has …
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How did the planet Uranus get its name? How to pronounce Uranus? Its name has been the butt of countless bad jokes. The planet Uranus is the dimmest bulb in our solar system, and nothing more than a celestial conglomeration …
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Magnetic Field of the Earth The Earth’s magnetic field is similar to that of a bar magnet tilted 11 degrees from the spin axis of the Earth. The problem with that picture is that the Curie temperature of iron is about 770 C . The Earth’s …
Geophysics Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth’s shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; …
Geology Geology (from the Greek γῆ, gê, “earth” and λόγος, logos, “study”) is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the …