Earth science is the study of the Earth's structure, properties, processes, and four and a half billion years of biotic evolution. Understanding these phenomena is essential to maintenance of life on the planet.
The four basic areas of Earth Science study are: geology, meteorology, oceanography and astronomy. Geology is the primary Earth science.
The origins of the Earth sciences lie in the myths and legends of the distant past. The creation story, which can be traced to a Babylonian epic of the 22nd century bce and which is told in the first chapter of Genesis, has proved most influential.
Jack Du Brul‘s Dr. Philip Mercer, a mining engineer and geologist who gets involved in several world threatening issues, all tied to geology.
Mercer is a a little different from other techno heroes in that he doesn’t have an organization or assistants behind him. He is a science advisor to the President, but that’s it. There are a few secondary characters, but they are more involved with Mercer’s “non-action” life, such as Tiny, who runs the small bar near his house, and Harry, an octogenarian bum who more or less moves in with Mercer. In later novels, they do get dragged into the action. And like any good action hero, Mercer usually gets involved with a girl during the story.
Mei is one of the heroes in the team-based multiplayer first-person shooter game Overwatch. She is a climatologist and meteorologist who is on her own adventure to preserve the environment and ecosystem after waking up from a decade-long cryostasis sleep. Mei's weather-altering devices slow opponents and protect locations. She is very kindhearted and positive, showing compassion for others and having a desire to preserve Earth's ecosystem for generations to come.
Her initial design was more oriented towards being a bounty hunter named "Frostbite", using her ice and frost powers in order to trap prey. However, as designers developed her art style, they found inspiration in an image of a "cute, nerdy scientist" which they loved, as it gave the idea that normal everyday people could be inspired to be a hero and be part of the Overwatch team.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997), more commonly known in the English-speaking world as simply Jacques Cousteau, is generally regarded as the greatest oceanographer to have ever lived. During the early 1940s, Cousteau began creating underwater documentaries. During these early documentaries, he helped develop the aqua-lung, which would evolve into the scuba systems that are now in use.
The French-accented narrator from SpongeBob SquarePants is intended as an homage to Jacques Cousteau, as he documents the antics of the titular character and those around him as if he were narrating a nature documentary.
Rajesh "Raj" Ramayan Koothrappali is an Indian-born astronomer and astrophysicist who lives in Pasadena and works at Caltech.
Raj's fashion style usually includes sweater vests, khakis or cargo pants. Apart from his familiar purple jacket, many of Raj's clothes are in olive green or mustard yellow color. Despite being proud of his Indian heritage and culture, Raj is not a fan of Indian food, unlike his friends, Leonard Hofstadter, Sheldon Cooper, Penny, Bernadette, and Howard Wolowitz.
With his balls-to-wall moisturizing regime and his love of "chick" flicks and literature, Raj's metro-sexuality is well documented. Despite this and his very close friendship with Howard, described by Leonard’s psychiatrist mother Beverly Hofstadter as an "ersatz homosexual marriage", Raj has insisted he likes both women AND their skin care products.