geoscientist

[ jee-oh-sahy-uhn-tist ]

noun

1. a specialist in earth science.

Word History and Origins

Origin of geoscientist¹

First recorded in 1940–45; geo- + scientist

Example Sentences

They recruited geoscientists, chemists and conservators, too.

From Science News For Students

Power is an environmental geoscientist in Canada at Trent University.

From Science News For Students

As a geoscientist, I study sea level rise and the effects of climate change.

From Popular-Science

This study coauthor is a geoscientist at National Taiwan University in Taipei.

From Science News For Students

“I like to call it nanoseismology because we’re really looking at motions on the scale of an atom,” said Nicholas Schmerr, a geoscientist at the University of Maryland who works with InSight.

From Quanta Magazine