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 It is both the tradition and responsibility of geoscience to assist humanity. Seismologists and volcanologists plan to save lives by evacuating before eruptions or mitigating the consequences of earthquakes. Geodesists quantify the form of the world in order that cities are often built and airplanes flown. Space physicists provide a window into the nearly unknown world during which our satellites are sent and spacecraft launched. Hydrologists, oceanographers and atmospheric scientists may have the heaviest burden of all as they help guide the planet through the current climate crisis. Geoscience also has the responsibility to not confine itself to addressing current problems. As a science, we must develop a framework to address future issues. In order to push knowledge forward, we must invest intellectually and financially in basic science at a level commensurate with the applied fields. Such an investment is intrinsically risky. Many scientific leads turn out to be dead-ends. Other pathways may continue indefinitely, but are difficult to connect to the rest of the field. A field driven by pure thirst for knowledge runs the danger of becoming a tangled spider web of seemingly unrelated facts and personal theories Basic science needs to be guided by a long-range vision of the future of the field. Then geoscientists can advance knowledge in a focused way and real progress can be made. The purpose of this report is to present a particular vision that could guide research in the major fields of geophysics and geodesy. This vision is articulated by a young generation of geoscientists with a stake in the future. Together, we have compiled a view encompassing geosciences from the study of the Earth’s core to the workings of the Sun.

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