This summer school will focus on how global change affects principal processes, compartments, interactions of the earth system. The summer school will combine general principles of earth system science with cutting-edge scientific insights. Specific topics that will be covered include:

• Global change observations and trends
• Earth system compartment interactions
• Complex systems and resilience
• Scenarios and modeling potential impacts
• Uncertainty, and communication

This multidisciplinary course is especially intended for PhD students from the natural sciences.