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

Dr Frery, a French-born geoscientist based in Western Australia, is investigating how it might be extracted, stored and used in an economically viable way.

From BBC

Dr Frery, a French-born geoscientist based in Western Australia, is investigating how it might be extracted, stored and used in an economically viable way.

From BBC

Within river deltas, the main path of the water, the river channel, can move every millennium or so, says geoscientist Elizabeth Chamberlain of Wageningen University & Research, lead author of the study published today in Nature Communications.

From Science Magazine

A study by the research team around Potsdam geoscientist Prof. Dr. Martin H. Trauth confirms this for the end of the African Humid Period and the transition to the pronounced aridity that is typical today.

From Science Daily

"Fluoride is odorless and tasteless and totally transparent," said Joel Podgorski, a geoscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.

From Salon