The Facts of Life: From the Oceans to the Stars I. Oceans and Atmosphere Evolve 1. Voracious Predators 2. Luke Skylighter and Dark Weighter 3. Fire and Ice II. The Solid Earth and Sun Evolve 4. Toxic Flying Insects 5. Global Cooling 6. Solar Heating III. The Biosphere Evolves 7. Good Bugs and Bad Bugs 8. Gaia and Hypersea 9. Asteroids and Astronauts IV. Intelligent Life Evolves 10. Cosmo Sapiens 11. Sustainability 12. The Quest for HOPE Appendices A. Five Billion Year Global Evolution Timelines B. Earth Systems Database 1. Oceans and Atmosphere 2. Sun and Solid Earth 3. Biosphere ©Bob Field 2007

The National Academy of Sciences says that it is the role of science to provide plausible natural explanations of natural phenomena. The ultimate question for Earth System History is: How did a giant cloud of cold dilute gas and dust evolve into astronauts in a spacecraft orbiting a planet orbiting a star? Global evolution studies explore five kingdoms of life and the five billion years of physical, chemical, and biological evolution that have shaped the solid Earth, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere (including its molecules, cells, organisms, and ecosystems). This is the dust cover of a book that I want to write. I have been researching the subject for years.