earths-future
Earth's Future (earths-future)
Journal positioning
Earth's Future is an open-access American Geophysical Union (AGU) journal, published by Wiley, dedicated to the Anthropocene and the future of the Earth system as it is reshaped by human activity. Its defining character is integration across the natural and human dimensions of global change: it rewards work on Earth-system futures, sustainability, human-Earth interactions, scenarios and projections, risk and resilience, and the coupled feedbacks between society and the planet. The journal sits between disciplinary geoscience and solutions-oriented sustainability science, addressing a broad interdisciplinary readership that includes Earth scientists, environmental and social scientists, and the policy-facing research community. Work is judged on whether it advances understanding of how the Earth system is changing and where it is headed — with rigor on both the physical and human sides. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the AGU/Wiley Earth's Future site.
When to trigger
- The author names Earth's Future as the target for a study on Earth-system futures, the Anthropocene, sustainability, or coupled human-Earth dynamics.
- A manuscript integrates physical Earth-system change with human drivers, impacts, scenarios, or responses, and the author is choosing between Earth's Future and One Earth, Nature Sustainability, or Global Environmental Change.
- A projection, scenario, or risk-and-resilience study spans disciplines in a way that a single-discipline geoscience journal would not fully serve.
- The author needs Earth's Future's interdisciplinary framing, open-access terms, and data policy, plus desk-reject criteria, before submission.