Earth System Science: Conception and Misconception&mdash;&mdash;To the Third Conference on Earth System Science, Shanghai

Wang Pinxian

doi:10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2014.11.1277

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2014 , Vol. 29 >Issue 11: 1277 - 1279

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2014.11.1277

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Earth System Science: Conception and Misconception——To the Third Conference on Earth System Science, Shanghai

Wang Pinxian

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State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092

Received date: 2014-10-29

Revised date: 2014-11-06

Online published: 2014-11-20

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Earth system science should not be understood as an allembracing 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.

Key words： Earth system; Earth connection; Global change; Gaia hypothesis.

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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 . DOI: 10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2014.11.1277

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