Advances in Earth Science ›› 2010, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3): 327-334. doi: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2010.03.0327

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Introduction on Geoscience Vision of United States National Science Foundation

An Peijun,Zhang Zhiqiang *   

  1. Lanzhou Branch,National Science Library,CAS, Scientific Information Center for Resources and Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • Received:2010-01-15 Revised:2010-02-12 Online:2010-03-10 Published:2010-03-10
  • Contact: an peijun E-mail:zhangzq@1zb.ac.cn

An Peijun,Zhang Zhiqiang. Introduction on Geoscience Vision of United States National Science Foundation[J]. Advances in Earth Science, 2010, 25(3): 327-334.

Geosciences in the 21st century has evolved into a real interdisciplinary science that incorporates and links many scientific disciplines, including the biological sciences, social sciences, computer sciences, materials sciences, and engineering. Geosciences are facing new challenges and development opportunities. To understand more deeply the planet and its interactions will require the geosciences to take an increasingly holistic approach, exploring knowledge coming from all scientific and engineering disciplines. U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Geoscience Advisory Committee (AC-GEO) for the new challenges facing to the geosciences chartered the "Geoscience Vision Working Group" (GEO Vision Working Group) to develop an updated geoscience development plan: "The GEO Vision——Unraveling Earth’s Complexities Through the Geosciences" and stressed to meet the challenges facing to future geosciences from the perspective of the overall system. This paper mainly introduce the main points of the report of "Earth Science Vision", as well as the three major challenges facing to geosciences pointed out by AC-GEO, five major scientific issues, as well as the three measures and 10 recommendations to meet the challenges.

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