地球系统科学基本原理与应用展望

Basic principles and application prospects of earthsystem science

地球系统科学是一门应时代之需产生的科学,它革新了地球科学工作者的思维方式、工作范式。自地球系统科学产生以来,围绕其是否是一门科学、具有何种应用前景等一直存在争议。从地球系统科学的主要理论与基本原理视角出发,对地球系统科学的概念内涵、理论体系及与地球科学之间的关系等本质特征进行剖析,并对地球系统科学的方法技术进行了总结。针对解决的不同问题,提出了地球系统科学在地球深部过程、岩石圈与外部圈层交互作用、外部圈层交互作用3个领域的应用展望。分析认为,地球系统科学既是基于地球科学与系统论的科学观,又是一套量化研究各圈层交互作用的先进工作方法体系,是揭示地球圈层交互奥秘、解决地球宜居性的钥匙。

Earth system science is a science produced in response to the needs of The Times.It has revolutionized the way of thinkingand working paradigm of earth geoscientists.Since its emergence,there have been controversies about whether it is a science and whatpotential applications it has.Using the method of literature review,this paper analyzed the essential characteristics of Earth systemscience,including its conceptual connotation,theoretical system,and relationship with geoscience,and summarized the methods andtechnologies of Earth system science.In view of the different problems to be solved,the paper puts forward the prospect of applicationof Earth system science in three fields:deep earth process,interactions between lithosphere and outer spheres,interaction between outerspheres.The analysis showed that the Earth system science is not only a natural science view based on geoscience and Systems theory,but also a set of advanced working method system to quantify the interactions of various Earth spheres,which is the key to reveal themystery of the interactions of Earth spheres and solve the habitability of the earth.