Outlines the developments and research directions being made world-wide in earth sciences. This book explains how methodologies such as satellite remote sensing and supercomputing simulations are changing research in earth sciences; how the earth system is being viewed in a holistic way, linking the atmosphere, ocean and solid earth; and more.

"Advances in Earth Science" outlines the latest developments and new research directions currently being made world-wide in the earth sciences. It contains invited and refereed articles by leading younger researchers on their cutting-edge research, but aimed at a general scientific audience. This exciting volume explains how powerful methodologies such as satellite remote sensing and supercomputing simulations are now profoundly changing research in the earth sciences; how the earth system is increasingly being viewed in a holistic way, linking the atmosphere, ocean and solid earth; and how the societal impact of the research in the earth sciences has never been more important. Published by Imperial College Press in collaboration with the Royal Society of London, the book features many articles originating from invited papers published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Eleven of the distinguished contributors hold prestigious Royal Society Research Fellowships.

Environmental Change: The Price of Climate Change
Carbon in the Atmosphere and Biosphere
Dust in the Earth System
Biological Catastrophe in a Greenhouse World
Dynamics of the Earth: Space-Plasma
Dynamics of Earthquakes
Magmatic Processes Beneath Volcanoes
The Break-Up of Continents
The Earth's Core and Geodynamo
Applied Earth Science: Giant Catastrophic Landslides
Satellite Monitoring of the Earthquake Cycle
Global Geochemical Cycle of Lead
World-Wide Occurences of Heavy Metals
Objectively Optimized Earth Observation.