GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE

An ever changing global system defines the scientific and social problems and issues of our time. The majority of these problems clearly cross traditional scientific boundaries. The objective of the journal Global and Planetary Change is to achieve a multidisciplinary view of the causes, processes and limits of variability in planetary change. The journal focuses on the record of change in earth history and the analysis and prediction of recent and future changes. Topics include, but are not limited to, changes in the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere, climate change, sea level variations, human geography, global geophysics and tectonics, global ecology and biogeography.Key criteria for manuscripts are global scope or implications for global scale problems, significance beyond a single discipline and a focus on the causes, processes and limits of planetary change. Manuscripts can be submitted as either research contributions or as review articles. Extra effort should be directed towards presenting problems and results for a broad readership. Part of the intent of Global and Planetary Change is for new discoveries or progress in one discipline to foster advances, or act as a catalyst, in understanding the earth as a system.

一个不断变化的全球系统定义了我们这个时代的科学和社会问题。这些问题中的大多数显然跨越了传统的科学界限。《全球和行星变化》杂志的目标是对行星变化的原因、过程和变化限度实现多学科的观点。该杂志侧重于记录地球历史上的变化，分析和预测最近和未来的变化。主题包括但不限于海洋和大气化学成分的变化、气候变化、海平面变化、人文地理学、全球地球物理和构造学、全球生态和生物地理学。手稿的主要标准是全球范围或对全球规模问题的影响，超越单一学科的意义，以及对行星变化的原因、过程和限制的关注。手稿可以作为研究贡献或评论文章提交。额外的努力应该指向向广大读者展示问题和结果。全球和行星变化的部分意图是为了在一门学科上的新发现或进步，以促进进步，或作为催化剂，在理解地球作为一个系统。