In New Jersey, for example, 1 in 45 children had been identified with autism, compared to just 1 in 175 in Alabama. Overall, the new report mirrors earlier estimates, finding that autism is roughly five times more common in boys than in girls. One in 42 boys were affected, compared to just 1 in 189 girls. White children were more likely to be identified with autism than black or Hispanic children.
The cryosphere, or the Earth's permanent and seasonal ice masses and their study through the science of glaciology, is sometimes considered to be part of the hydrosphere. Atmospheric sciences are those that study the Earth's atmosphere.
The studies of the solid Earth and the water on and within it and the air around it are called Earth sciences. Included in the Earth sciences are the geological, the hydrological, and the atmospheric sciences, which are concerned respectively with the nature and behavior of the Earth itself, the water, and the air.