This course provides an integrated introduction to Earth science, emphasizing Earth as a coupled nonlinear, dynamical system composed of interacting physical, chemical, biological, and human components. Students examine Earth’s planetary evolution and the major Earth system spheres—lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere—using modern Earth observations and modeling. The course incorporates foundational concepts in artificial intelligence (AI) as applied to Earth system data and modeling. Students examine how AI methods complement physically based approaches in the analysis of observations and in Earth system simulation and forecasting.