What is Environmental geology?
[[File:Air pollution by industrial chimneys.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Environmental geologists might try to find a way to lower pollution caused power plants, like this one in [[New Mexico]].]] '''Environmental geology''' is a type of [[science]] that focuses on solving [[environment|environmental]] problems.<ref>Paul G. Marinos, Engineering Geology and the Environment'', Volume 4 (Lisse, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema, 2001), p. 3664</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu/classes/geo101-notes-07/ex-1-2.htm |title=GEO 101 Environmental Geology |publisher=Stony Brook University |access-date=6 October 2015 |archive-date=8 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908123924/http://pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu/classes/geo101-notes-07/ex-1-2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Environmental [[geology]] includes studying the [[Earth]] with [[geomorphology]] and dealing with [[industry|industrial]] and domestic [[waste]] disposal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environmentalscience.org/career/environmental-geologist |title=What Does an Environmental Geologist Do? |publisher=EnvironmentalScience.org |access-date=6 October 2015}}</ref> This is to lower the effects of [[pollution]]. It is also for [[Wikt:managing|managing]] [[Natural resource|natural resources]] such as [[fossil fuel|fossil fuels]], [[minerals]] and [[water]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthsciences.iupui.edu/undergraduate/degrees/difference |title=What's the Difference between Geology and Environmental Science? |publisher=Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis |access-date=6 October 2015 |archive-date=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006205205/http://earthsciences.iupui.edu/undergraduate/degrees/difference |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:subfields of geology]] {{sci-stub}}