Significant developments have occurred in the representation of terrestrial processes. (ipcc.ch)
They realized that giant impacts would melt rocks and create distinctive glass spherules unlike anything created by a volcano or any other terrestrial process. (discovermagazine.com)
Finally, while progress will be made on modelling terrestrial processes, more integrative studies are also needed wherein terrestrial systems are coupled with models of the physical atmosphere and eventually with the chemical atmosphere as well. (ipcc.ch)