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Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences to the study of the environment.
Environmental science
Branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
Ecology
Science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.
Agriculture
Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain
Natural resource
Presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects
Pollution
Variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is typically a measure of variation at the genetic, species, and ecosystem level.
Biodiversity
The Law of Supply and Demands states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth
Law of supply and demand
Impact of a person or community on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources,
Ecological footprint
Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
Sustainability