Subject areas
The journal subject areas are defined by the following index terms below. These terms represent the keywords to be chosen for assignment of submitted manuscripts to individual topic editors.
ESSD – Anthroposphere
- Energy and anthropogenic emissions
- Cities and built environment
- Land cover and land use
- Land and water management
ESSD – Atmosphere
- Meteorology
- Atmospheric chemistry and physics
- Palaeoclimatology
- Land–atmosphere interface
ESSD – Biosphere
- Terrestrial ecology and biogeochemistry
- Terrestrial biodiversity
- Wildfire and biotic disturbances
- Land–atmosphere interface
- Microbiomes and soil microbiology
ESSD – Cryosphere
- Glaciology
- Permafrost
- Snow and Sea Ice
ESSD – Hydrosphere
- Terrestrial hydrology
- Hydrological hazards
- Land–ocean interface
- Rivers, lakes, groundwater
ESSD – Geosphere
- Geophysics
- Geology and geochemistry
- Geodesy and gravity
- Pedology
- Geological hazards
ESSD – Ocean
- Physical oceanography
- Chemical oceanography
- Biological oceanography
- Marine geology
- Palaeoceanography
- Biological oceanography