一個不斷變化的全球系統(tǒng)定義了我們這個時代的科學(xué)和社會問題。這些問題中的大多數(shù)顯然跨越了傳統(tǒng)的科學(xué)界限。《全球和行星變化》雜志的目標(biāo)是對行星變化的原因、過程和變化限度實現(xiàn)多學(xué)科的觀點。該雜志側(cè)重于記錄地球歷史上的變化，分析和預(yù)測最近和未來的變化。主題包括但不限于海洋和大氣化學(xué)成分的變化、氣候變化、海平面變化、人文地理學(xué)、全球地球物理和構(gòu)造學(xué)、全球生態(tài)和生物地理學(xué)。手稿的主要標(biāo)準(zhǔn)是全球范圍或?qū)θ蛞?guī)模問題的影響，超越單一學(xué)科的意義，以及對行星變化的原因、過程和限制的關(guān)注。手稿可以作為研究貢獻或評論文章提交。額外的努力應(yīng)該指向向廣大讀者展示問題和結(jié)果。全球和行星變化的部分意圖是為了在一門學(xué)科上的新發(fā)現(xiàn)或進步，以促進進步，或作為催化劑，在理解地球作為一個系統(tǒng)。

An ever changing global system defines the scientific and social problems and issues of our time. The majority of these problems clearly cross traditional scientific boundaries. The objective of the journal Global and Planetary Change is to achieve a multidisciplinary view of the causes, processes and limits of variability in planetary change. The journal focuses on the record of change in earth history and the analysis and prediction of recent and future changes. Topics include, but are not limited to, changes in the chemical composition of the oceans and atmosphere, climate change, sea level variations, human geography, global geophysics and tectonics, global ecology and biogeography.Key criteria for manuscripts are global scope or implications for global scale problems, significance beyond a single discipline and a focus on the causes, processes and limits of planetary change. Manuscripts can be submitted as either research contributions or as review articles. Extra effort should be directed towards presenting problems and results for a broad readership. Part of the intent of Global and Planetary Change is for new discoveries or progress in one discipline to foster advances, or act as a catalyst, in understanding the earth as a system.