Chief editors: Ira Didenkulova, Axel Kleidon & Gabriele Messori
eISSN: ESD 2190-4987, ESDD 2190-4995
Earth System Dynamics (ESD) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of studies that take an interdisciplinary perspective on the functioning of the Earth system and global change. The overall behaviour of the Earth system is strongly shaped by the interactions among its various component systems, such as the atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, oceans, pedosphere, and the lithosphere, but also by life and increasingly by human activity. ESD solicits contributions that investigate these various interactions and the underlying mechanisms, ways how these can be conceptualized, modelled, and quantified, predictions of the overall system behaviour to global changes, and the impacts for its habitability, humanity, and the future functioning of the Earth system in the Anthropocene.
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11 Mar 2026
Decadal predictions of wind, solar and compound power indicators to support the European renewable energy sector
Sara Moreno-Montes, Carlos Delgado-Torres, Matías Olmo, Sushovan Ghosh, Verónica Torralba, and Albert Soret
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1205,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1205, 2026
Preprint under review for ESD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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05 Mar 2026
ESD Ideas: Reliable Adaptation Policies to Sea-Level Rise Require Incorporating Complexity in Economic Models
Roger Cremades, Carlo Giupponi, Sebastian Raimondo, Stefano Battiston, Francesco Bosello, Tatiana Filatova, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Stephane Hallegatte, Jochen Hinkel, Piero Lionello, Antoine Mandel, Irene Monasterolo, Robert Nicholls, Athanasios Vafeidis, Kees van Ginkel, and Vanessa Völz
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-792,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-792, 2026
Preprint under review for ESD (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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03 Dec 2025
New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation
The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript. 
03 Dec 2025
New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation
The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript.
02 Oct 2025
Press Release: Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming
A groundbreaking study published today in ESD provides a critical and previously underestimated connection between Antarctic sea ice, cloud cover, and global warming. This research is important because it shows that a greater extent of Antarctic sea ice today, compared to climate model predictions, means we can expect more significant global warming in the coming decades. Please read more.
02 Oct 2025
Press Release: Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming
A groundbreaking study published today in ESD provides a critical and previously underestimated connection between Antarctic sea ice, cloud cover, and global warming. This research is important because it shows that a greater extent of Antarctic sea ice today, compared to climate model predictions, means we can expect more significant global warming in the coming decades. Please read more.
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