Geoscience Careers Geoscientists work with minerals, soil, agriculture, energy, fossils, oceans, freshwater, the atmosphere, natural hazards, space exploration, and more. Each plays a vital role in Earth’s systems, contributing to industries and solving global challenges. Discover how geoscientists study these components to better understand our planet. Geoscience Careers Related to Earth’s Systems Click on the pages below to learn more about how the work done in many careers allows people to be both the explorers and caretakers of Earth’s systems.