Earth ‘system’ science

NASA, Earth System Science - A Closer View, Earth System Sciences Committee, NASA, Washington, D.C., 1988. 

Introduction Biogeochemical Cycles as Fundamental Constructs for Studying Earth System Science and Global Change... 

The principal obstacles facing us as scientists studying Earth system science are the finite resources of most educational institutions. Development of this subject requires that we think of novel ways to do interdisciplinary work in a setting dominated by traditional disciplines. Although we can draw heavily on work being done in recently formed disciplines such as chemical oceanography, stable isotope geo-... 

Earth system science is a young science with great potential, but we must exercise caution in not overlooking important details of traditional, disciplinary science in our attempt to develop this new and integrative science. The foundation upon which we will proceed in this book is to... 

NASA (1986). "Earth System Science - Overview - A Program for Global Change." Earth System Sciences Committee, NASA Advisory Council, Washington, DC. 

Jansen, E. (1992). Deglaciation, impact on ocean circulation. In "Encyclopedia of Earth System Science" Vol. 2. Academic Press. 

R.E. Taylor, History of radiocarbon dating, lecture presented at Radiocarbon in ecology and earth system science (http //ecology/botany/ufl/radiocarbon07/), University of California, Irvine (2006). (The first radiocarbon revolution is represented by the development of the dating method by Libby and his colleagues the second radiocarbon revolution is considered to be the introduc tion of calibration.)... 

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