Abstract:
The Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, ... educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public.
The scope of the Encyclopedia of Earth is the environment of the Earth broadly defined, with particular emphasis on the interaction between society and the natural spheres of the Earth. The scope of the Encyclopedia thus includes:
-The hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere, magnetosphere, cryosphere, and biosphere, and their interactions, especially in regards to how these systems support life and underpin human existence.
-The living organisms on Earth that constitute its biological diversity.
-The interactions and feedbacks among society, biological diversity and the physical systems of the Earth. This includes the social, economic, political, behavioral, technical, cultural, legal, and ethical driving forces behind environmental change.
-Those parts of traditional disciplines that investigate the environment or its interaction with society. This includes the natural, physical, and social sciences, the arts and humanities, and the professional disciplines (education, journalism, business, law, public health, engineering, medicine, public policy).
-The interdisciplinary fields of environmental science, natural and social, that integrate concepts, methods, and analytical tools from multiple fields in the investigation the environment or its interaction with society. Examples include:
*Environmental physical sciences such as atmospheric sciences, Earth systems science, remote sensing, biogeochemistry, oceanography, and other non-biological terrestrial sciences.
*Environmental life sciences such as environmental biology, ecology, forestry, fisheries, marine biology, agriculture, aquaculture, and related fields.
*Environmental engineering and other sciences related to the impacts of natural and anthropogenic activities on the environment, including assessment, prevention, control, regulation, remediation, and restoration.
*Environmental social sciences such as ecological and environmental economics, environmental sociology and history, and other fields that study human social and cultural activities which affect, and are affected by, environmental conditions.
*Environmental data and information sciences that deal with the collection, storage, standardization, integration, analysis, and management of data related to the analysis of the environment or environmental change.
Originators:
Stewardship Committee of the Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment, Boston University
Title:
The Encyclopedia of Earth
Release_Date:
2007
Provider:
National Council for Science and the Environment
Edition:
1.0
URL:
http://www.eoearth.org/
Name:
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Phone:
202-530-5810
Fax:
02-628-4311
Email:
info at NCSEonline.org
Contact Address:
1707 H Street NW, Suite 200 City:
Washington, DC
Postal Code:
20006-3918
Country:
USA
Distribution Media
Distribution_Media:
Online
Fees:
No Fees
Personnel
TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role:
SERF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
JOEL
FINKELSTEIN Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
202.822.5200 x 279
Fax:
202-822-4787
Email:
finkelstein at fenton.com
Contact Address:
1320 18th Street N.W., Fifth Floor City:
Washington, DC
Postal Code:
20036
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date:
2007-04-26
SERF Last Revision Date:
2013-01-11
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