# Earth system science
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** vector-field
- **Microsimmability score:** 42/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Field strength` (magnitude scale of the field)
- `Grid density` (number of sampled arrows)
- `Source position` (location of the field source)
### What animates
Arrows sample a vector field while test particles follow the flow; the field and streamlines redraw as strength and source move.
### Learning objective
Build intuition for how a vector field directs flow and transport.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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[[Alexander_Bogdanov]] · `Alexander_von_Humboldt` · [[Allenna_Leonard]] · `American_Geophysical_Union` · [[Anatol_Rapoport]] · [[Anthony_Wilden]] · `Atmosphere` · `Atmosphere_of_Earth` · [[Barbara_J._Grosz]] · `Biogeochemical_cycle` · [[Biological_system]] · `Biosphere` · [[Béla_H._Bánáthy]] · [[C._West_Churchman]] · `Carbon_cycle` · `Carleton_College` · [[Charles_A._S._Hall]] · [[Claude_Shannon]] · `Climate` · `Climate_change` · `Climate_model` · `Climate_system` · `Climatology` · [[Complex_system]] · `Computer` · `Computer_performance` · [[Control_theory]] · [[Coupled_human–environment_system]] · `Cryosphere` · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Donella_Meadows]] · [[Doubling_time]] · `Earth_System_Science_Partnership` · `Earth_analog` · `Earth_science` · `Earth_system_governance` · [[Earth_systems_engineering_and_management]] · [[Ecology]] · `Economic_system` · `Economics` · [[Ecosystem]] · [[Edsger_W._Dijkstra]] · [[Edward_Norton_Lorenz]] · [[Eric_Trist]] · `Formation_and_evolution_of_the_Solar_System` · `Fossil_fuel` · [[Francisco_Varela]] · `Fred_Emery_(psychologist)` · `Geography` · `Geology` · [[George_Dantzig]] · [[George_Klir]] · `Geosphere` · `Glaciology` · `Global_change` · `Greenhouse_gas` · [[Gregory_Bateson]] · [[Heinz_von_Foerster]] · `History_of_geology` · `Holism_in_science` · [[Howard_T._Odum]] · [[Humberto_Maturana]] · `Hydrosphere` · [[Ilya_Prigogine]] · [[Information_system]] · [[James_Grier_Miller]] · [[James_J._Kay]] · [[Jay_Wright_Forrester]] · [[Jennifer_Wilby]] · [[John_Seddon]] · [[Kathleen_Carley]] · [[Katia_Sycara]] · `Keck_Geology_Consortium` · `Kenneth_E._Boulding` · [[Kevin_Warwick]] · [[Limiting_factor]] · [[List_of_systems_sciences_organizations]] · `List_of_systems_scientists` · `Lithosphere` · [[Living_systems]] · [[Ludwig_von_Bertalanffy]] · [[Lydia_Kavraki]] · `Magnetosphere` · [[Manfred_Clynes]] · [[Manuela_M._Veloso]] · [[Margaret_Boden]] · [[Margaret_Mead]] · [[Mary_Cartwright]] · `Meteorology` · [[Mihajlo_D._Mesarovic]] · `Mike_Jackson_(systems_scientist)` · `Mountain_formation` · [[Multi-agent_system]] · [[Murray_Bowen]] · `NASA` · `National_Science_Foundation` · `Natural_science` · [[Negative_feedback]] · [[Nervous_system]] · [[Niklas_Luhmann]] · `Nitrogen_cycle` · [[Norbert_Wiener]] · `Numerical_weather_prediction` · `Ocean_current` · `Oceanography` · `Origin_of_water_on_Earth` · `Paleontology` · `Pedosphere` · [[Peter_Senge]] · `Physical_geography` · `Planetary_boundaries` · [[Positive_feedback]] · [[Principia_Cybernetica]] · [[Qian_Xuesen]] · [[Radhika_Nagpal]] · `Radiative_forcing` · [[Recommender_system]] · `Russell_L._Ackoff` · `Ruzena_Bajcsy` · [[Self-organization]] · `Social_science` · `Social_system` · `Sociology` · [[Sociotechnical_system]] · `Solar_activity_and_climate` · [[Stafford_Beer]] · [[Stephanie_Forrest]] · [[System]] · [[System_dynamics]] · `Systemics` · `Systems_analysis` · `Systems_art` · [[Systems_biology]] · [[Systems_ecology]] · [[Systems_engineering]] · `Systems_geology` · [[Systems_neuroscience]] · [[Systems_pharmacology]] · `Systems_philosophy` · `Systems_psychology` · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]] · `Systems_theory_in_anthropology` · [[Systems_theory_in_archaeology]] · [[Systems_theory_in_political_science]] · [[Systems_thinking]] · [[Talcott_Parsons]] · [[Twelve_leverage_points]] · [[Urban_metabolism]] · `Victor_Aladjev` · `Vladimir_Vernadsky` · `Water_cycle` · `Weather` · `World-systems_theory`
## From the Real GENERATIVE library (beauty pass)
*Earth system science — image hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons (via the Real G.E.N.E.R.A.T.I.V.E. course library, Engineering room). [Details & license](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genomics_GTL_Program_Payoffs.jpg).*
> Earth system science (ESS) is the application of systems science to the Earth.[1][2][3][4] In particular, it considers interactions and 'feedbacks', through material and energy fluxes, between the Earth's sub-systems' cycles, processes and "spheres"—atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere,[5] geosphere, pedosphere, lithosphere, biosphere,[6] and even the magnetosphere[7]—as well as the impact of human societies on these components.[8] A ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_system_science))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Engineering · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_system_science)
> Relation: subfield of systems engineering.
## Concept summary
Earth system science (ESS) is the application of [[Systems_science|systems science]] to the [[Earth]].[1][2][3][4] In particular, it considers interactions and 'feedbacks', through material and [[Energy|energy]] fluxes, between the Earth's sub-systems' cycles, processes and "spheres"—atmosphere, hyd...
## Build checklist
- [ ] Claim it: set `status: in-progress` + `lease` + `leased_at`
- [ ] Write the child page explaining the concept (tie it back to systems engineering)
- [ ] Finalize parameter ranges and defaults
- [ ] Implement the p5.js sketch (drawing + control regions)
- [ ] Add caption + the learning objective on the page
- [ ] Set `status: done`
## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Earth system science
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render vector-field; respond live.
}
```
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_system_science) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Earth_system_science)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Control_theory]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Operations_research]] · [[Reliability_engineering]] · [[Stock_and_flow]] · [[System_dynamics]] · [[Systems_engineering]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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*Sources: 3 legacy notes. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*