Deals with the studies of natural phenomena; that is, those not involved with human activity, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, storms or tornados.
It supports on other sciences, such as orography, which is the study of land reliefs, for example the mountains and their structure, form and origin; hydrology, which deals with the surface continental water and groundwater; and glaciology, that is the science that works on and studies the glaciers on Earth.