Earth Sciences

We all share a common planet. We depend on the Earth both as a place to live and as a resource for almost all aspects of our lives. As we are facing some of the biggest challenges in human history, we strongly depend on forming a better understanding of the Earth and finding ways to use its resources more efficiently and responsibly. Science can help us with these challenges.

This section of Frontiers for Young Minds includes articles that span from the understanding of our home planet, including earth science, marine science, climate science, and environmental science, to our use of its resources, including agricultural sciences, sustainable and environmental engineering, energy and renewable energy, green chemistry, innovative materials, and sustainability science. As many of these areas are underpinned and strongly linked to the broader chemical and physical sciences as well as engineering, articles from scientists across subject areas in these disciplines, whose work helps to study and explore the earth and its resources, are also included.

Earth Sciences wants to provide the most up-to-date and relevant research to the next generation, who will live on Earth, continue to use its resources, and study present and new planet-wide questions.

Editorial board

Science Mentors

We would like to thank our team of Science Mentors for their valuable contribution to Frontiers for Young Minds.

Their input and guidance during the review process helps our Young Reviewers understand the importance of their role and their connection to the scientific community.

Bayan Abukatish
Bayan Abukatish
Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez
Alejandro Acevedo-Gutierrez
Julius Adewopo
Julius Adewopo
Balaji Aglave
Balaji Aglave
Natalie Aguirre
Natalie Aguirre
Uazman Alam
Uazman Alam
Robert Al-Chokhachy
Robert Al-Chokhachy
Kellie Aldi
Kellie Aldi
Tahir Ali
Tahir Ali
Loai Aljerf
Loai Aljerf
Loai Aljerf
Loai Aljerf
L Allen-Jacobson
L Allen-Jacobson
Rita Araujo
Rita Araujo
Cristiana Ariotti
Cristiana Ariotti
Usman Atique
Usman Atique
J Abraham Avelar-Rivas
J Abraham Avelar-Rivas
Florence Awino
Florence Awino
Lyndsey Ayres
Lyndsey Ayres
Yachel Baker
Yachel Baker
Chelsea Batavia
Chelsea Batavia
Ciarán Beggan
Ciarán Beggan
Nordin Ben Seddik
Nordin Ben Seddik
Daniele Bianchi
Daniele Bianchi
BHAGYA C. THIMMAPPA
BHAGYA C. THIMMAPPA
Emiliano Cadelano
Emiliano Cadelano
Andrew Cairns
Andrew Cairns
Maria Calleja
Maria Calleja
Michael Carey
Michael Carey
Oliver Chapman
Oliver Chapman
Lynette Cheah
Lynette Cheah
Maggie Chen
Maggie Chen
Shuisen Chen
Shuisen Chen
Peter Clarke
Peter Clarke
Rob Condon
Rob Condon
Elizabeth Cottier
Elizabeth Cottier
Sagi Dalyot
Sagi Dalyot
Rachel Danford
Rachel Danford
Louise Alissa De Morais
Louise Alissa De Morais
Bibiana De Souza
Bibiana De Souza
Dina DeCaro
Dina DeCaro
Marta Dell'Orto
Marta Dell'Orto
Emma Duncan
Emma Duncan
Rebecca Ellis
Rebecca Ellis
Christopher Emerling
Christopher Emerling
Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez
Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez
Luisa Falcon
Luisa Falcon
Oscar Fernandez
Oscar Fernandez
Thomas Flynn
Thomas Flynn
John Fossey
John Fossey
Elisa García-López
Elisa García-López
Carol Glover
Carol Glover
Nathan Good
Nathan Good
Adam Hartstone-Rose
Adam Hartstone-Rose
Carlos Henríquez-Castillo
Carlos Henríquez-Castillo
Karen Holmberg
Karen Holmberg
Samantha Hood
Samantha Hood
Maria Hunter
Maria Hunter
Christopher Ireland
Christopher Ireland
Rafiad Islam
Rafiad Islam
Gaurav Jain
Gaurav Jain
Josephine Jayworth
Josephine Jayworth
Youngji Joh
Youngji Joh
Chas Jones
Chas Jones
Fred Junghans
Fred Junghans
Jan Kaiser
Jan Kaiser
Clarissa Karthäuser
Clarissa Karthäuser
Annika Keeley
Annika Keeley
Yoed Kenett
Yoed Kenett
Valerie Kern
Valerie Kern
Soumya Kini
Soumya Kini
Balasubrahmanyam (Bala) Kottapalli
Balasubrahmanyam (Bala) Kottapalli
Suhas Kumar
Suhas Kumar
Benjamin LaFrance
Benjamin LaFrance
Jacqueline Lai
Jacqueline Lai
Zhongping Lai
Zhongping Lai
Youngsun Lee
Youngsun Lee
Dongliang Liu
Dongliang Liu
Ella Maria Llanos Rodriguez
Ella Maria Llanos Rodriguez
Matteo Lorenzini
Matteo Lorenzini
Laura Lorenzoni
Laura Lorenzoni
Nicole Lovenduski
Nicole Lovenduski
Refilwe Lukhwareni
Refilwe Lukhwareni
Nonhlangabezo Mabuba
Nonhlangabezo Mabuba
Melissa Mageroy
Melissa Mageroy
Madina Makhmutova
Madina Makhmutova
Marta Malinowska
Marta Malinowska
Nina Markham
Nina Markham
Abdul Awal Masud
Abdul Awal Masud
Maskit Maymon
Maskit Maymon
Larry Medsker
Larry Medsker
Roy Meirtchak
Roy Meirtchak
Eduarda Melo Cabral
Eduarda Melo Cabral
Anna Michel
Anna Michel
Gur Mittelman
Gur Mittelman
Pedro Morais
Pedro Morais
Jessica Munson
Jessica Munson
Claire Murray
Claire Murray
EMMA NASON
EMMA NASON
Stephanie Nebel
Stephanie Nebel
Geoffrey Nelson
Geoffrey Nelson
Anjali Nursimulu
Anjali Nursimulu
Blessing Nyamasoka-Magonziwa
Blessing Nyamasoka-Magonziwa
Jonathan O'Donnell
Jonathan O'Donnell
Tina Oldham
Tina Oldham
Salza Palpurina
Salza Palpurina
Gabriella Pantó
Gabriella Pantó
Francesca Paradisi
Francesca Paradisi
Alexander Parker
Alexander Parker
Dave Parry
Dave Parry
Katharine Pemberton
Katharine Pemberton
Stefanie Perrier
Stefanie Perrier
M. Nils Peterson
M. Nils Peterson
Marta Picciulin
Marta Picciulin
Christopher Poonian
Christopher Poonian
Brett Poulin
Brett Poulin
Arthee R
Arthee R
Janifer Raj Xavier
Janifer Raj Xavier
Christoph Rameshan
Christoph Rameshan
Luis Ramos
Luis Ramos
Vinitha Rangarajan
Vinitha Rangarajan
Sreenivas Ravella
Sreenivas Ravella
Andrew Ray
Andrew Ray
Allison Ray
Allison Ray
Nicole Ricker
Nicole Ricker
Mitchell Rogers
Mitchell Rogers
Maaria Rosenkranz
Maaria Rosenkranz
Alexandra Roth
Alexandra Roth
Dr. Gourisankar Roymahapatra
Dr. Gourisankar Roymahapatra
Juliana Ruzante
Juliana Ruzante
Silvia Salati
Silvia Salati
Kirsty Salmon
Kirsty Salmon
Ascel Samba-Louaka
Ascel Samba-Louaka
Patricia Santiago
Patricia Santiago
Miguel Sanz
Miguel Sanz
Idan Segev
Idan Segev
Christa Seidl
Christa Seidl
Ruchira Sharma
Ruchira Sharma
PRERNA SHARMA
PRERNA SHARMA
Chloë Sheikh-Kadir
Chloë Sheikh-Kadir
Melinda Shimizu
Melinda Shimizu
Anthony Slominski
Anthony Slominski
Berend Smit
Berend Smit
Yang Song
Yang Song
Dhruv Suri
Dhruv Suri
Ramesh T Subramaniam
Ramesh T Subramaniam
Chaorong Tang
Chaorong Tang
Mike Tercek
Mike Tercek
David Thoma
David Thoma
Ana Torres
Ana Torres
Kirsten Tulchin-Francis
Kirsten Tulchin-Francis
Michael Ulyshen
Michael Ulyshen
Bess Vlaisavljevich
Bess Vlaisavljevich
Varun Vohra
Varun Vohra
Rafeah Wahi
Rafeah Wahi
Catherine Walsh
Catherine Walsh
Xiaoming Wan
Xiaoming Wan
Gui Wei
Gui Wei
Ryan Weir
Ryan Weir
Joan West
Joan West
Lichuan Wu
Lichuan Wu
Racheli Yaacov
Racheli Yaacov
Xiaozhou Zhou
Xiaozhou Zhou
Yael Zilbershtain Kra
Yael Zilbershtain Kra
Mark Zwart
Mark Zwart