Among these are the hydrosphere, including the oceans, lakes, rivers and groundwater, and the cryosphere formed by the snow and ice masses of the earth. Hydrosphere geophysics can therefore be divided ...

hydrosphere, and lithosphere) on Earth. Along with energy flows, biogeochemical cycles establish the relations among ecosystem compartments at local, regional and global scales. In these systems ...

“Geo” means “earth” and “logy” means “study”. As such, geologists study geosphere (the Earth), hydrosphere (the water), atmosphere (the air) and biosphere (the life). Furthermore, geologists find and ...

Eleven sections cover topics spanning the Earth's geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere, with one section focusing on other bodies in the Solar System. Full references for the original data ...

including the study of the solid earth (lithosphere), the atmosphere, the hydrosphere (including the oceans), and the biosphere. This major blends these academic fields into a coherent ...