Environmental science

Environmental science is a type of science that mainly looks at physics, biology, meteorology, mathematics and geography. Environmental science includes studying the environment, and the answer for the problems. Environmental science came from the fields of natural history and medicine during the Enlightenment. Today it provides an connection to the study of environmental systems.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] It helps answer questions like how people make a difference to the environment and then tries to fix the problems found in the environment.^[6] There are various goals in environmental science ranging from the benefits of the wildlife to simply liking a kind of animal.

References

↑ Eddy, Matthew Daniel. The Language of Mineralogy: John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750-1800 (London: Routledge, 2008 hardback; 2016 paperback). Full text. Archived from the original on 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
↑ Environmental Science: Iowa State University. Environmental Sciences provides an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to understand and mitigate hazards arising from anthropogenic and natural activities by focusing on key areas of environmental chemistry, earth sciences, environmental engineering, atmospheric sciences, and sustainable systems. http://www.ensci.iastate.edu Archived 27 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 17 February 2010)
↑ Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962), Mariner Books, 2002, ISBN 0-618-24906-0
↑ Kovarik, Bill (September 9, 2022). "Environmental issues are part of history". Environmental history. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
↑ Mason, Matthew (August 2014). "History of the Study of Climate Change in Field of Environmental Science". Environmental Science. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
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Friedman, Daniel. "Learn about Environmental Science == Environmental Science Media ==
- Rachel Carson published her groundbreaking monograph, Silent Spring, in 1962, bringing the study of environmental science to the forefront of society.
- Former President Richard Nixon visits the site of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, which received intense media coverage and inspired a multitude of environmental legislation.
- A team of British researchers found a hole in the ozone layer forming over Antarctica, the discovery of which would later influence the Montreal Protocol in 1987.
- The Paris Agreement (formerly the Kyoto Protocol) is adopted in 2016. Nearly every country in the United Nations has signed the treaty, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- A false color composite of the greater Boston area, created using remote sensing technology, reveals otherwise not visible characteristics about the land cover and the health of the surrounding ecosystems.
- Blue Marble composite images generated by NASA in 2001 (left) and 2002 (right)
- The Earth's atmosphere
- Biodiversity of a coral reef. Corals adapt and modify their environment by forming calcium carbonate skeletons. This provides growing conditions for future generations and forms a habitat for many other species.
- Environmental science examines the effects of humans on nature, such as the Glen Canyon Dam in the United States
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[1] Eddy, Matthew Daniel. The Language of Mineralogy: John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750-1800 (London: Routledge, 2008 hardback; 2016 paperback). Full text. Archived from the original on 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-27.

[2] Environmental Science: Iowa State University. Environmental Sciences provides an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to understand and mitigate hazards arising from anthropogenic and natural activities by focusing on key areas of environmental chemistry, earth sciences, environmental engineering, atmospheric sciences, and sustainable systems. http://www.ensci.iastate.edu Archived 27 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 17 February 2010)

[3] Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962), Mariner Books, 2002, ISBN 0-618-24906-0

[4] Kovarik, Bill (September 9, 2022). "Environmental issues are part of history". Environmental history. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

[:2-5] Mason, Matthew (August 2014). "History of the Study of Climate Change in Field of Environmental Science". Environmental Science. Retrieved October 2, 2022.

[6] Friedman, Daniel. "Learn about Environmental Science == Environmental Science Media ==

Rachel Carson published her groundbreaking monograph, Silent Spring, in 1962, bringing the study of environmental science to the forefront of society.

Former President Richard Nixon visits the site of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, which received intense media coverage and inspired a multitude of environmental legislation.

A team of British researchers found a hole in the ozone layer forming over Antarctica, the discovery of which would later influence the Montreal Protocol in 1987.

The Paris Agreement (formerly the Kyoto Protocol) is adopted in 2016. Nearly every country in the United Nations has signed the treaty, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A false color composite of the greater Boston area, created using remote sensing technology, reveals otherwise not visible characteristics about the land cover and the health of the surrounding ecosystems.

Blue Marble composite images generated by NASA in 2001 (left) and 2002 (right)

The Earth's atmosphere

Biodiversity of a coral reef. Corals adapt and modify their environment by forming calcium carbonate skeletons. This provides growing conditions for future generations and forms a habitat for many other species.

Environmental science examines the effects of humans on nature, such as the Glen Canyon Dam in the United States

| Science.co". Science.co. Retrieved 21 October 2025. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 35 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] Rachel Carson published her groundbreaking monograph, Silent Spring, in 1962, bringing the study of environmental science to the forefront of society.

[8] Former President Richard Nixon visits the site of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, which received intense media coverage and inspired a multitude of environmental legislation.

[9] A team of British researchers found a hole in the ozone layer forming over Antarctica, the discovery of which would later influence the Montreal Protocol in 1987.

[10] The Paris Agreement (formerly the Kyoto Protocol) is adopted in 2016. Nearly every country in the United Nations has signed the treaty, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

[11] A false color composite of the greater Boston area, created using remote sensing technology, reveals otherwise not visible characteristics about the land cover and the health of the surrounding ecosystems.

[12] Blue Marble composite images generated by NASA in 2001 (left) and 2002 (right)

[13] The Earth's atmosphere

[14] Biodiversity of a coral reef. Corals adapt and modify their environment by forming calcium carbonate skeletons. This provides growing conditions for future generations and forms a habitat for many other species.

[15] Environmental science examines the effects of humans on nature, such as the Glen Canyon Dam in the United States

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