earth science
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of earth science
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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“It’s spontaneous combustion,” said James Boles, a professor emeritus with UC Santa Barbara’s Earth Science Department.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
Today Abramoff does this through her work at the Wintergreen Earth Science based in Kennebunk, Maine.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2025
Jack Kaye, the associate director of research at NASA’s Earth Science Division, acknowledged researchers’ concerns about the end of the sounder.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
The findings -- completed in collaboration with partners from the University of Minnesota, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Project Drawdown, a climate solutions nonprofit organization -- are published in the journal Earth Science Reviews.
From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023
It tasted like the Earth Science room smelled—like metal and dirt.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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