This is a branch of environmental science that studies the composition and structure, development and changes, regulation and control, transformation and utilization of the human-earth system. Environmental earth science comprises subjects such as environmental geology, environmental geography, environmental geochemistry, environmental meteorology, environmental oceanography and environmental paedology.
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(2020). Environmental Earth Science. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_619
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