title: Introduction to focus issue: Nonlinear dynamics for planet Earth.
authors.affiliation: School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872402, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402, USA.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Anderies
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
authors.forename: Hans G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kaper
authors.affiliation: British Antarctic Survey Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK.
authors.forename: Emily F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Shuckburgh
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, Universiteit Twente, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zagaris
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D018534:Earth, Planet; D017753:Ecosystem; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D008954:Models, Biological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics