Encyclopedia of Earth

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Encyclopedia of Earth

Screenshot of eoearth.org home page
Available in	English
Predecessor(s)	Digital Universe
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Country of origin	United States
Owner	Environmental Information Coalition National Council for Science and the Environment
URL	editors.eol.org
Commercial	No
Registration	Optional
Users	500
Launched	September 2006
Current status	Active

The Encyclopedia of Earth (abbreviated EoE) is an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is described as a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and other approved^[who?] experts, who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and are intended to be useful to students, educators, scholars, and professionals, as well as to the general public. The authors, editors, and even copy editors are attributed on the articles with links to biographical pages on those individuals.^[1]

The Encyclopedia of Earth is a component of the larger Earth Portal (part of the Digital Universe project), which is a constellation of subject-specific information portals that contain news services, structured metadata, a federated environmental search engine, and other information resources. The technology platform for the Encyclopedia of Earth is a modified version of MediaWiki, which is closed to all but approved users. Once an article is reviewed and approved it is published to a public site. The EoE was launched in September 2006 with about 360 articles, and as of November 30, 2010 had 7,678 articles. There are 500 members and contributors as of early 2020.^[2]