Processes governing the cycling of elements through the earth system and the formation and degradation of soil: the carbon cycle, pedogenesis and desertification. Belongs here: a process centered on chemical cycling, soil formation, or land degradation. Does not belong here: an ordinary erosional process that removes soil mechanically without a chemical or ecological driver, held under Geomorphology.
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This branch of science deals with the complex physical, chemical, and biological constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four spheres: the biosphere, hydrosphere/cryosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere (or lithosphere).
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