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Earth and environmental sciences play a vital role in safeguarding our planet's future and maintaining its ability to support life; they represent the highest achievement of interdisciplinary scientific application.
This major explores Earth's systems, examining everything from its inner core to living ecosystems and atmospheric conditions. Students embark on a journey across all measurement scales - from microscopic to planetary - while grasping geological time and visualizing transformations across multiple dimensions. This comprehensive approach to understanding human-planet interactions encourages deep exploration of Earth's past, observation of its dynamic environment, and forecasting potential planetary scenarios. By studying climate change, natural disasters, finite resources, and other critical topics, graduates gain the expertise to develop creative solutions for protecting our vulnerable world.