Earth Systems Science for the Anthropocene Graduate Scholars Network

What is ESSA?

ESSA is a graduate network ASU that prepares scholars to work across disciplines on earth systems science, with an emphasis on collaborative team science and on solutions that reach beyond the academy. Students learn alongside those making change, bringing their interdisciplinary skills to an integrated earth systems science: transdisciplinary, solutions and people centered, societally powerful, globally scaled, and just.

What is earth systems science?

It is the study of “the complex and interrelated physical, chemical, biological, and human interactions across the land, ocean, and atmosphere” (US Global Change Research Program, 2012). It draws from disciplines in the natural sciences, social sciences, engineering, humanities, and technology.