Water part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell
Perhaps the single most critical element of the Earth system is water, the carrier and bearer of life that is inextricably woven into the fabric of the Earth system. Only on Earth does water occur in equilibrium ...

Geog 134 - Earth System Science part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell:Example Courses
From Syllabus: This course will provide you with the scientific background to address many global change issues. You will be asked you to examine your own thoughts and opinions on global change and to share those ...

Earth System Approach part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach
Since about 1980, an important paradigm has emerged in the geosciences, analogous to the plate tectonics revolution of the 1950s and 1960s. This paradigm, called "Earth System Science" or simply ...

Introduction to Geoinformatics part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell:Example Courses
The aim of this course is to develop students' understanding, approach and technical skills in geospatial data acquisition, processing, analysis, management and visualization.

GEO 100 - Global Environmental Change part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell:Example Courses
The objectives of this course are to gain a basic understanding of the interrelationships among the earth's major physical and biological systems and to gain an appreciation of past and potential future global ...

Global Change - Human Impacts part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell:Example Courses
ENVIRON/NRE/BIOLOGY/GEOG 111 and AOSS/GEOSCI/ENSCEN 172 In this second semester of a three semester sequence students study the recent, explosive growth of the human population, and the impacts on land, air, and ...

Global Change - Physical Processes part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell:Example Courses
ENVIRON/NRE/BIOLOGY/GEOG 110 and AOSS/GEOSCI/ENSCEN 171 This is the first semester of an interdisciplinary three semester introductory course sequence that investigates the causes and potential impacts of global ...

What is Earth System Science? part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach
Earth system science embraces chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics and applied sciences in transcending disciplinary boundaries to treat the Earth as an integrated system and seeks a deeper understanding of ...

NASA's Description of Earth System Science part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell
NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Strategy (2003) describes the Earth system science approach this way: Earth is the only planet we know of that sustains life. Life on Earth is critically dependent on the ...

The Earth in Space part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell
Show Caption Hide Apollo 8 view of Earth Courtesy NASA This view of Earth as a blue marble, first seen by Apollo astronauts in 1968, captures the unique beauty of our home planet. The only world known to support ...