Earth Sciences Are the Model Sciences of the Anthropocene
Abstract After 4.5 billion years as an evolving and dynamic planet, the Earth continues to evolve but with human‐altered dynamics. Earth scientists have special opportunities and responsibilities to accelerate our understanding of Earth's changes that are transforming our most remarkable home.
Authors
- Kirsten Hofmockel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1586-2167)
- Esteban Gabriel Jobbagy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4214-6011)
- Marilyn Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-0841)
- Daniel Markewitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2697-9865)
- Richard Huggett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5695-8184)
- Louis A. Derry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-7333)
- Alfred E. Hartemink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-6798)
- Mary E. Prendergast (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0275-6795)
- Christina Siebe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-6778)
- Aaron Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6301-7377)
- Hyun Seok Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9388-2668)
- Chelsea Clifford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9204-6940)
- Gail M. Ashley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5984-8389)
- Jérôme Gaillardet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7982-1159)
- Cathy Whitlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1585-1209)
- William H. McDowell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8739-9047)
- Ronald Amundson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1510-7313)
- William H. Schlesinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1391-0885)
- Terry A. Ferguson
- Jagdish Krishnaswamy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7985-0005)
- Zachary Brecheisen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3712-1725)
- Neung‐Hwan Oh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7096-7554)
- Allan R. Bacon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9757-8834)
- Susan L. Brantley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4320-2342)
- Kate M. Scow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-1122)
- Jo Handelsman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3488-5030)
- Ying Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-7965)
- Katherine O’Neill
- Louis Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1719-8143)
- Marie‐Anne de Graaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-7647)
- Martha Cary Eppes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3032-1046)
- Curtis J. Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8373-6587)
- Sharon Billings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1611-526X)
- Roger C. Bales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0811-8535)
- Nicolas Cassar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0100-3783)
- Praveen Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4787-0308)
- Julio Calvo‐Alvarado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9555-6420)
- John McNeill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6901-0624)
- Daniel deB. Richter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-433X)
- Matt Edgeworth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9375-0753)
- Dan Binkley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0992-8425)
- Paul A. Schroeder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2557-4644)
- T. R. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6980-3392)
- Susan Lozier
- Justin B. Richardson
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Boise State University (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Wofford College (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
- Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (CR)
- University of Kansas (US)
- Institut de physique du globe de Paris (FR)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of California, Merced (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of New Hampshire (US)
- University of Georgia (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Iowa State University (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Northern Arizona University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Montana State University (US)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Roanoke College (US)
- Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IN)
- University of Virginia (US)
- National University of San Luis (AR)
- Rice University (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists
- Published
- 2024-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2024cn000237
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85