The study of loose covering of broken rock particles and decaying organic matter on the surface of the Earth, including classification, mapping, and chemical analysis of this material.
What is soil science?
100
This field describes the actions and initiatives taken to improve living conditions in non-urban neighborhoods, the countryside and remote villages.
What is rural development?
100
The study of wild animals, their habitats, and how they interact with their environment
What is wildlife biology?
100
The field generally focuses on the science of metabolic and physiological responses to diet.
What is nutrition?
100
Studying the long-term change in statistical distribution of weather patterns and their influence on earth's systems.
What is climate change?
200
The study of chemicals released into the environment, the effects of these chemicals on ecological systems, and the minimization of the risk to biological systems.
What is toxicology?
200
The process by which lands are evaluated and assessed to become a basis for decisions involving land disposition and utilization.
What is land use planning?
200
The study of agricultural production, ecology, and land management.
What is agroecology?
200
Helping to change environmental behavior through increasing environmental knowledge.
What is environmental education?
200
The study of ecosystems that are dominated by grasses and their agricultural productivity.
What is range management?
300
The study of properties and composition of matter that occur in the environment.
What is environmental chemistry?
300
Concerns related to equitably distributing environmental burdens on all groups and classes, regardless of race, economy, or development.
What is environmental justice?
300
Studying issues about protecting and preserving biodiversity, habitats, and ecosystems.
What is conservation biology?
300
The study of small infectious agents, specifically their structures, evolutions, and interactions with cells.
What is virology?
300
The combination of silviculture, economics, and environmental health.
What is forest management?
400
The chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of H2O.
What is water quality?
400
Studies on the production and use of knowledge regarding human social and cultural behavior in specific historical and environmental contexts and cross-culturally.
What is environmental anthropology?
400
Illnesses spread between animals and humans.
What is zoonotic disease?
400
Prevention of diseases and improving peoples well-being through organized efforts.
What is public health?
400
The ability to do work from natural resources that are self-replenishing.
What is renewable energy?
500
The science of surface and ground waters on a landscape scale.
What is watershed hydrology?
500
Focus on the politicization of environmental issues and phenomena that involves studies on the relationships between political, economic and social factors with environmental issues and changes.
What is political ecology?
500
Tackling ecological questions through the application of population genetics, evolutionary relationships, and genetic mapping.
What is molecular ecology?
500
Quantifying and qualifying chemical, biological, and physical metrics over time to assess environmental health.
What is ecological monitoring?
500
An integrated understanding of ecological and social aspects of livelihoods, conservation and land management, and the application of this knowledge to advance sustainability outside the united states.
What is international conservation and development?