Next Generation Earth Systems Science at the National Science Foundation
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Policy and Global Affairs, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Advancing a Systems Approach to Studying the Earth: A Strategy for the National Science FoundationThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has played a key role over the past several decades in advancing understanding of Earth''s systems by funding research on atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, geologic, polar, ecosystem, social, and engineering-related processes. Today, however, those systems are being driven like never before by human technologies and activities. Our understanding has struggled to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has played a key role over the past several decades in advancing understanding of Earth''s systems by funding research on atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, geologic, polar, ecosystem, social, and engineering-related processes. Today, however, those systems are being driven like never before by human technologies and activities. Our understanding has struggled to...
