Earth System
This webpage represents for me a personal journey of explore the multifaceted components of the Earth System. I’ve done my dash of learning from within the academic system and now I want to strategize my learning in both branching vertically from a base root like a tree or as a horizontal mesh like a rhizome . My resources will derive from: one – the Internet sources that have a very degree of peer validation that can be triangulated for verification and two – university and public libraries. I aim for a rigor comparable to a post graduate dissertation. I welcome you to engage in a similar endevour.
Rights: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Kevin W. Miller
More to come soon
Some useful links
Learning Zone of Centre for Science Education (SCIED)
Earth system and climate change of Science Learning Hub
Climate and Eartus Energy Budget Nasa Earth Observatory
Climate and Eartus Energy Budget
Nasa Earth Observatory
Puzzle of Earth System
Imagine looking at a puzzle piece and trying to make sense of it. You might be able to make out the picture that is on it. At the very least, you can make out the colors and shapes. But imagine that you are able to fit that piece into a larger puzzle, figure out how it is connected to different shapes, and begin to understand the larger picture. Considering Earth as an integrated system instead of isolated parts, instead of as separate pieces of a puzzle, allows us to view our planet in a new way.
During the 1960s, the first satellites placed in Earth’s orbit allowed us to look at the planet from a more distant perspective. Over the decades, Earth-observing satellite technology has advanced, and an entire constellation of satellites now provide views from hundreds to thousands of miles above Earth’s surface. “From space we can view the Earth as a whole system, observe the net results of complex interactions, and begin to understand how the planet is changing in response to natural and human influences,” (NASA, 2003).
Understanding Global Change
Select image above to link to pdf poster at Biointeractive site.
Poster models "human and non-human causes and effects of changes in the Earth System".