Earth system science

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Earth science subdiscipline interdisciplinary scientific field systems science application

Earth system science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the Earth as an integrated system of interacting components—including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and human activities—to understand global processes and changes.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Earth sciences	3
Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences	1
Earth science	1
Earth system	1
Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earth science subdiscipline ⓘ interdisciplinary scientific field ⓘ systems science application ⓘ
aimsTo	improve prediction of future Earth system states ⓘ understand Earth system feedbacks ⓘ understand global environmental change ⓘ
appliedIn	climate change assessment ⓘ environmental policy support ⓘ sustainable development planning ⓘ
drawsFromDiscipline	atmospheric science ⓘ biogeochemistry ⓘ climatology ⓘ ecology ⓘ environmental economics ⓘ environmental science ⓘ geography ⓘ geology ⓘ geophysics ⓘ oceanography ⓘ sustainability science ⓘ
focusesOn	Earth as an integrated system ⓘ interactions among Earth system components ⓘ
includesComponent	anthroposphere ⓘ atmosphere ⓘ biosphere ⓘ cryosphere ⓘ geosphere ⓘ human activities ⓘ hydrosphere ⓘ
relatedTo	Earth system governance studies ⓘ climate science ⓘ global change research ⓘ
studies	Earth system science self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Earth system
studiesProcess	biosphere–climate feedbacks ⓘ carbon cycle ⓘ climate system dynamics ⓘ energy balance of Earth ⓘ global biogeochemical cycles ⓘ human–environment interactions ⓘ land–atmosphere interactions ⓘ nitrogen cycle ⓘ ocean–atmosphere interactions ⓘ water cycle ⓘ
usesMethod	Earth system modeling ⓘ data assimilation ⓘ numerical simulation ⓘ observational networks ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ systems thinking ⓘ

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Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences → academicDiscipline → Earth system science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Science for a changing world → appliesTo → Earth system science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth sciences

Gaia hypothesis → field → Earth system science ⓘ

Goddard Earth Observing System models → field → Earth system science ⓘ

Earth observation → fieldOfStudy → Earth system science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth sciences

Holocene climatic optimum → fieldOfStudy → Earth system science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth science

GEOC → fieldOfWork → Earth system science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth sciences

Biological and Environmental Research program → hasSubprogram → Earth system science ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences

Gaia hypothesis → influenced → Earth system science ⓘ

Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth → influenced → Earth system science ⓘ

The Ages of Gaia → influencedBy → Earth system science ⓘ

Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution → relatedTo → Earth system science ⓘ

Earth system science → studies → Earth system science self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Earth system

The Ages of Gaia → topic → Earth system science ⓘ