An environemtalist usually conduct research in order to indentify and eliminate pollutants and hazards to the envrionment or t the health of the poulation. THey are mainly resposnibile for collecting , analyzing , managing and reporting environmwental date such as pollution , emission measurements, meteorological and minerological information , atmospheric monitoring measurements and soil or water samples to interpret correlations between human activities and environmental effects. They are responsible for communicating scientific and technical information pertaining to envronment to media, public and organization through oral and written briefings, workshops, conference and training sessions. They are resoponsible for educating people about the consequences of neglecting or abusing the environment. They are required to provide scientific and technical guidance , coordination and planning with governmenty agencies , envrionmental programmes , industry on ways of preserving the environment.

People with aqualification in environmental science have various career options to opt fir. They can join various governmwent agencies like pollution control boards, forestry department , urban planning department or water resources, agriculture industries. Waster treatment industries, distilleries, refineries, mines , fertilizers plants also absorb envrionemtal engineers.