Global and Planetary Change publishes high-quality studies addressing all aspects of Earth System Science. The objective of the journal is to develop a multi-disciplinary understanding of planetary change and to improve knowledge of processes relevant at a global-scale. As such, the journal focuses equally on the geological and historical past as well as present-day and future scenarios based on observational records, experimental studies, and/or modelling. Regional or process-oriented studies are welcome provided that they are useful for understanding aspects of the Earth System.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to, studies of the dynamic Deep Earth and lithosphere to (near-)surface processes; changes in the dynamics and composition of the atmosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere; climate change, the carbon cycle, and sea level fluctuations; global ecology, biogeography, and extinction; planetary boundaries and ecosystem resilience/thresholds; and global change impacts on food security, water resources, and urban sustainability.

Key criteria for the consideration of manuscripts include (a) their relevance for the global scientific community and/or (b) their wider implications for global-scale problems, preferably combined with (c) having a significance beyond a single discipline. Manuscripts may be submitted as either original research papers or as authoritative review articles. Every effort should be made to present research outcomes in a way that is understandable for a broad international readership.

Please ensure your submission fulfils the following checklist of requirements to maximise the likelihood of consideration:
A title and abstract that emphases its relevance to global-scale process and/or events
A list of at least 5 potential reviewers that includes scientists from outside your network selected from across the global community
A short cover letter that concisely explains the wider global implications of your work

review articles

Editors-in-Chief
Margaret Fraiser
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States Email Margaret Fraiser
Zhengtang Guo
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Email Zhengtang Guo Quaternary geology, paleoclimatology, paleopedology and biogeochemistry; aeolian deposits, tectonic-climate linkage
Alan Haywood
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Email Alan Haywood Climate change, climate prediction, climate variability and palaeoclimatology
Jed O. Kaplan
University of Hong Kong Department of Earth Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Email Jed O. Kaplan Vegetation, Land use, Fire, Late Quaternary, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, human-environment interactions
Fabienne Marret-Davies
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Email Fabienne Marret-DaviesMicropalaeontology, oceanography, climate change, palaeoecology
Liviu Matenco
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Email Liviu Matenco Solid Earth science, evolution of orogenic and sedimentary basins systems, geology, geophysics
Managing Editor
Howard Falcon-Lang
Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom Email Howard Falcon-Lang
Book Review Editor
Bilal U. Haq
Sorbonne University, Paris, France and Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
Editorial Board
Thomas M. Cronin
US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States
Gary Dwyer
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Claudio Faccenna
Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
Martin Grosjean
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Joel Guiot
European Research and Education Centre for Environmental Geosciences, Aix-en-Provence, France
Eryuan Liang
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Franco Salerno
Water Research Institute National Research Council Brugherio Branch, Brugherio, Italy
Jeremy Shakun
Boston College Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Boston College, Massachusetts, United States
Pinxian Wang
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Yang Wang
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Debra Willard
US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, United States
Shucheng Xie
State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Wuhan, China
Moriaki Yasuhara
University of Hong Kong, School of Biological Sciences, Hong Kong, China
Qiuzhen Z. Yin
Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Zicheng Yu
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Yan Zhao
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China