''Earth Interactions (EI)'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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published by the
American Meteorological Society
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,
American Geophysical Union
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, and
Association of American Geographers
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. ''EI'' publishes research on the interactions among the
atmosphere
An atmosphere () is a layer of gas or layers of gases that envelop a planet, and is held in place by the gravity of the planetary body. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A s ...
,
hydrosphere
The hydrosphere () is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, minor planet, or natural satellite. Although Earth's hydrosphere has been around for about 4 billion years, it continues to change in shape. This ...
,
biosphere
The biosphere (from Greek βίος ''bíos'' "life" and σφαῖρα ''sphaira'' "sphere"), also known as the ecosphere (from Greek οἶκος ''oîkos'' "environment" and σφαῖρα), is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. It can also be ...
,
cryosphere
]
The cryosphere (from the Ancient Greek, Greek ''kryos'', "cold", "frost" or "ice" and ''sphaira'', "globe, ball") is an all-encompassing term for those portions of Earth's surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, ri ...
, and
lithosphere
A lithosphere () is the rigid, outermost rocky shell of a terrestrial planet or natural satellite. On Earth, it is composed of the crust (geology), crust and the portion of the upper mantle (geology), mantle that behaves elastically on time sca ...
, including, but not limited to, research on
human impacts, such as
land cover
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change
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Alteration
* Impermanence, a difference in a state of affairs at different points in time
* Menopause, also referred to as "the change", the permanent cessation of the menstrual period
* Metamorphosis, or change, ...
,
irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow Crop, crops, Landscape plant, landscape plants, and Lawn, lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,00 ...
, dams/reservoirs,
urbanization
Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly t ...
,
pollution
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, and
landslide
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s.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed by
Compendex
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It covers scientific literature pertaining to engineering materials.
It started in 1884 under the name ...
,
GEOBASE
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,
GeoRef
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,
Scopus
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,
Current Contents
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History
''Cur ...
, and
EBSCO
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, and
ProQuest databases.
See also
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References
Earth and atmospheric sciences journals
Publications established in 1997
English-language journals
American Geophysical Union academic journals
Geology journals
American Meteorological Society academic journals
American Association of Geographers
Online-only journals
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