(かんきょうがく)

かんきょうがく
noun
environmental studies; environmental science
academic
1. environmental studies; environmental science
An interdisciplinary academic field that studies the relationship between human activity and the natural environment, encompassing ecology, conservation, pollution, and sustainability.
環境学(かんきょうがく)(まな)んでいる
I am studying environmental science.
大学(だいがく)環境学(かんきょうがく)専攻(せんこう)するつもりだ。
I plan to major in environmental studies at university.
From an environmental studies perspective, this development plan has many problems.

Combines 環境(かんきょう) (environment) and (がく) (study/science). A relatively modern academic discipline that has grown in importance as environmental issues like 地球(ちきゅう)温暖化(おんだんか) (global warming) and 生態系(せいたいけい)破壊(はかい) (ecosystem destruction) have become major concerns.

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