Earth science is a broad field of study that encompasses many different disciplines, including meteorology, climatology, and geology. The importance of the earth sciences in predicting weather and climate, tracking pollution, drilling for petroleum, evaluating soil, and monitoring ground water is paramount in modern society. This new work covers a broad selection of topics, including use of satellite remote sensing to track pollution and weather patterns, monitoring for pre-earthquake signals, using earthquakes to uncover new information about the earth, desalination of ground water, predicting deforestation, and much more. The book’s core focus is geology and examines the subject broadly, covering everything from glaciology, geomorphology, natural history and palaeontology, to oceanography, mapping, stratigraphy and evolution. The book provides detailed essays for each bibliographical chapter on the state of each field of research. and the literature compiled for each bibliography will go far as contains a wide range of sources from across the world. This book will be of interest to academics and students of natural history, geology, and environmental sciences alike. The informal, reader-friendly presentation is organized around a few unifying perspectives: how the various Earth systems interact with one another how Earth affects people and how people affect Earth. Greater emphasis is placed on environment and sustainability than on geology, unlike other texts on the subject. Essential scientific foundations are presented but the ultimate goal is to connect students proactively to their role as stakeholders in Earth's future.