Geoscience Ireland: supporting industry from the ground up Geoscience Ireland has harnessed science expertise and market knowledge to maintain and create valuable and skilled jobs both in Ireland and abroad Sponsored Article 31st January, 2021 Knowledge is a powerful tool in meeting the current challenges posed by climate change, resource management and the need for sustainable economic development. We live on the Earth and we live from the Earth – it is essential to our lives and to the lives of the generations to come that we understand the structure of the Earth and how it works. This is geoscience. This multi-disciplinary subject combines the study of geology, geography, chemistry, physics and biology to develop a complete understanding of how the Earth works.