Law has failed to address the ever-deepening socio-ecological crisis of the Anthropocene. In the light of, and as a response to, law’s failures in this respect, this paper argues in support of developing a new legal paradigm for the Anthropocen...
The global society of today struggles with grand challenges, such as climate change, the degradation of ecosystems, and the loss of bio- and geodiversity, as identified in several documents. The search for solutions to these and other problems on the...
This Special Issue is a collection of papers reporting research on various aspects of coupled data assimilation in Earth system models. It includes contributions presenting recent progress in ocean–atmosphere, land–atmosphere, and soil&nd...
Understanding Earth as a complex, dynamic, and interconnected system is crucial to addressing the contemporary environmental challenges intensified in the Anthropocene. This article reviews foundational Earth System Science (ESS) developments, emphas...
The Paleoproterozoic represents a pivotal but poorly constrained interval in the tidal evolution of the Earth–Moon system. Quantifying Earth–Moon orbital parameters over this interval is fundamental for predicting the long-term dynamical...
The ANEMI model is an integrated assessment model of global change that emphasizes the role of water resources. Securing water resources for the future is a key issue of global change and ties into global systems of population growth, climate change...
The Maximum Entropy Production (MEP) principle has been remarkably successful in producing accurate predictions for non-equilibrium states. We argue that this is because the MEP principle is an effective inference procedure that produces the best pre...
Like some other countries, seldom being sometimes addressed in classes, the Earth system approach is not emphasized enough in Portugal, nor is the interconnection between the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. To evaluate the Earth sy...
Methane is a short-lived climate forcer (SLCF) that has a pivotal influence on the Earth’s climate. This work focuses on mean methane concentrations and their year-to-year variability for the period 2003–2014 between four CMIP6 (Coupled M...
The issue of slope stability is one of the most important and yet most difficult geotechnical problems. Assessing slope stability is particularly difficult because of the many uncertainties involved in the process. To take these uncertainties into ac...
System software for interactive human–computer data processing based on the IASP91 Earth model was designed. An interactive data processing system for visualizing earthquake data was designed and implemented via the Intel Fortran platform. The...
China’s rare earth reserves and consumption are the highest in the world. Rare earth metals and alloys play a pivotal role in the domains of permanent magnetic materials, hydrogen storage materials, luminescent materials, abrasive materials, et...
Components of Earth system models (ESMs) usually use different numerical grids because of the different environments they represent. Therefore, a coupling field sent by a source model has to be regridded to be used by a target model. The regridding h...
This study examines how Multi-Scalar Nature-Based Regenerative Solutions (M-NbRS) can realign urban–industrial systems with planetary boundaries to mitigate Earth system destabilization. Using integrated systems analysis, we document three key...
Climate policy plays an important role in keeping global temperature rises below the target of 1.5–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, and technological innovations are key to determining the effectiveness of climate policy. In this study, we...
An Earth system spatial grid (ESSG) is an extension of a discrete global grid system (DGGS) in the radial direction. It is an important tool for organizing, representing, simulating, analyzing, sharing, and visualizing spatial data. The existing ESSG...
The scientific data of the Earth surface system is characterized by multi-source heterogeneity and dynamic correlation, so constructing an efficient data association network and enabling intelligent knowledge services is a hot topic. Nevertheless, co...
This paper presents a novel Earth-System Stratified Grid (ISEA4H-ESSG) model, designed to address the challenges in multi-layer geoscience data management and analysis. In the realm of geosciences, which encompasses the solid earth, atmosphere, hydro...
Visualization is an essential tool for analysis of data and communication of findings in the sciences, and the Earth System Sciences (ESS) are no exception. However, within ESS, specialized visualization requirements and data models, particularly for...
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We investigate the effective radiative forcing (ERF) of anthropogenic aerosols using simulations from seven Earth System Models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). The ERF of individual aerosol species (black c...
A defensible local global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reference requires more than a precise network adjustment when small position or displacement changes are interpreted against that reference. This study evaluates a quality-audited realisat...
Many countries around the world are rapidly advancing sustainable development (SD) through the exploitation of clean energy sources such as solar and wind energy, which are becoming the core of the sustainable energy transition. In recent years, the...
Arabian Sea upwelling in the past has been generally studied based on the sediment records. We apply two earth system models and analyze the simulated water vertical velocity to investigate coastal upwelling in the western Arabian Sea over the last m...
Earth-moving vehicles (EMVs) are vital in numerous industries, including construction, forestry, mining, cleaning, and agriculture. The changing nature of the off-road environment in which they operate makes situational awareness for readiness and, c...
The Water Observation and Information System (WOIS) is an open source software tool for monitoring, assessing and inventorying water resources in a cost-effective manner using Earth Observation (EO) data. The WOIS has been developed by, among others,...
Finding cost efficient earthing system design with acceptable level of safety might be quite tedious work. Thus, many earthing system engineers try to find the most suitable design either by employing only their best experience or taking advantage of...
High-performance computing (HPC) plays a crucial role in scientific computing, and the efficient utilization of HPC to accomplish computational tasks remains a focal point of research. This study addresses the issue of parameter tuning for Earth syst...
This study proposes a method to estimate the appropriability of renewable energy resources at the global scale, when Earth system boundaries/needs and the human demand for chemical energy are respected. The method is based on an engineering approach,...
The particular process of LCA (Lithosphere-Coversphere-Atmosphere) coupling referring to local tectonic structures and coversphere conditions is very important for understanding seismic anomaly from GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)....
The aim of this study is to assess the rare earth element (REE) content in hair samples of children living in Lovozero village, near an REE mining site, and the possible effects of REEs on the prevalence of nervous system diseases in Lovozersky Distr...
Atmospheric oxygen is produced and consumed by life on Earth, and the ozone layer protects life on Earth from harmful solar UV radiation. The research on oxygen in the Earth system is of interest to many different geoscientific communities, from pale...
Positioning by means of the Global Positioning System (GPS) is a traditional and widely used method. However, its performance is affected by the user environment, such as multi-path effects and poor anti-interference abilities. Therefore, an Inertial...
Afforestation changes the land surface energy balance, though the effects on climate in temperate regions is uncertain, particularly the changes associated with forest management. In this study, we used idealized Community Earth System Model simulati...
We report on the conceptual design of a new wide field-of-view shortwave camera, for measuring Earth’s reflected solar radiation. The camera comprises a commercial-off-the-shelf CMOS sensor, and a custom-designed wide field-of-view lens system...
Extreme precipitation is no longer stationary under a changing climate due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Nonstationarity must be considered when realistically estimating the amount of extreme precipitation for future prevention and mit...
Temporal mass variations within the Earth’s system can be detected on a regional/global scale using GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) and GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellite missions’ data, while GNSS (Global Navigation Sat...
We propose a Multispectral Earth Polarization Imager (MEPI), which is located at the Earth–Moon system’s Lagrange point L1. The imager can be used to measure the sunlight reflected by the Earth and the Moon. The measured sunlight has spec...
Since the late 1970s, satellite passive-microwave brightness temperatures have been a mainstay in remote sensing of the cryosphere. Polar snow and ice-covered ocean and land surfaces are especially sensitive to climate change and are observed to fluc...
We propose an observation system based on the Lagrange L1 point of the Earth–Moon system to observe solar spectral radiation reflected from the Earth, enabling continuous hyperspectral observation of the Earth’s hemisphere. The system can...
Efficient ventilation systems are of paramount importance for maintaining optimal air quality in indoor and enclosed environments, both on Earth and in space. Such environments include buildings, space habitats, international space station crew quart...
Leaf Area Index (LAI) is a key parameter in the Earth System Models (ESMs) since it strongly affects land-surface boundary conditions and the exchange of matter and energy with the atmosphere. Observations and data products derived from satellite rem...
The unceasing quest for a profound comprehension of the Earth system propels the continuous evolution of novel methods for Earth observation. Of these, the Lagrange points situated in the cislunar space proffer noteworthy prospects for space-based Ea...
Ecology and the climate provide two perspectives of the same biogeophysical system at all spatiotemporal scales More effectively embracing this congruence is an opportunity to improve scientific understanding and predictions as well as for a more eff...
The paper presents the possibility of using cable screen earthing current measurements for MV, single-core cable line monitoring. Cable screen earthing current measurement allows the condition of cable screen connections, degradation of earthing syst...
The Earth’s radiation budget (ERB), measured at the top of the atmosphere (TOP), quantifies the radiation imbalance between the Earth–atmosphere system and space. The ERB’s measurement accuracy depends on the observation system’s design and calibrati...
The energy budget imbalance at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) and the energy flow in the Earth’s system plays an essential role in climate change over the global and regional scales. Under the constraint of observations, the radiative fluxes a...
Brazil holds a large rare-earth endowment and, since 2024, a commercial upstream operation, yet geological abundance has not translated into secure access to separated oxides, metals and magnets. This study examines how far Brazilian rare-earth capab...
Over the past four decades, Arctic sea ice coverage has steadily declined. This loss of sea ice has amplified solar radiation and heat absorption from the ocean, exacerbating both polar ice loss and global warming. It has also accelerated changes in...
Our concept of where life can thrive on Earth has advanced over the past 70 years to include extreme ionizing radiation, high temperatures, the deep subsurface, hydrothermal vents on the deep ocean floor, extreme arid deserts, and the ice-covered lak...
This research project envisions using a lunar observation platform to measure the full-wave (0.2~100 μm) and shortwave (0.2~4.3 μm) radiation of the Earth, achieving an accurate estimation of the overall radiation budget of the Earth. Based on...
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