Advances in Earth Science ›› 2014, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (11): 1277-1279. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2014.11.1277
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Wang Pinxian
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Wang Pinxian. Earth System Science: Conception and Misconception——To the Third Conference on Earth System Science, Shanghai[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2014, 29(11): 1277-1279.
Earth system science should not be understood as an allembracing term that combines various disciplines studying the planet Earth. Rather, it is a new approach to consider interaction between its various subsystems, and seeks to integrate various research fields to understand the Earth as a system. Earth system science has developed from global changes studies, then extended into the deep geological past and now is facing a new challenge connecting the surface processes with those in the Earth’s interior.