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      Oceanography in 2025: Proceedings of a Workshop

      Deborah Glickson,Committee on Oceanography in 2025: A Workshop,National Research Council

      On January 8 and 9, 2009, the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council, in response to a request from the Office of Naval Research, hosted the Oceanography in…

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      Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Guidance for NSF on National Ocean Science Research Priorities: Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

      Ocean science connects a global community of scientists in many disciplines - physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. New observational and computational technologies are transforming the ability of scientists to…

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      Future Directions for Southern Ocean and Antarctic Nearshore and Coastal Research

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Polar Research Board, Ocean Studies Board, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Committee on Future Directions for Southern Ocean and Antarctic Nearshore and Coastal Research

      Antarctica hosts some of the harshest and most remote environments on Earth - and it is a region of vital importance for scientific research. The environment and position of Antarctica…

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      Envisioning the Agenda for Water Resources Research in the Twenty-First Century

      Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      In this century, the United States will be challenged to provide sufficient quantities of high-quality water to its growing population. Water is a limiting resource for human well-being and social…

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      Science and Its Role in the National Marine Fisheries Service

      National Research Council

      NMFS has a difficult and complex task in managing U.S. marine fisheries. Despite some successes, too many stocks continue to decline. Over the past decade, several problems have been identified…

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      50 Years of Ocean Discovery: National Science Foundation 1950-2000

      Ocean Studies Board,National Research Council

      Describes the development of ocean sciences, highlighting the contributions of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to the field’s progress. This book also examines the institutional structures and technology that made…

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      Exploration of the Seas: Interim Report

      Committee on Exploration of the Seas,National Research Council

      In the summer of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on a journey to establish an American presence in a land of unqualified natural resources and riches…

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      Global Change and Extreme Hydrology: Testing Conventional Wisdom

      Committee on Hydrologic Science,National Research Council

      Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and soil moisture, should change as the climate warms, both in their means…

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      Desalination: A National Perspective

      Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology,National Research Council

      Assesses desalination technologies, and factors such as cost and implementation challenges. This book describes long-term goals for advancing desalination technology, estimates the funding necessary to support the proposed research agenda…

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      Exploration of the Seas: Voyage into the Unknown

      Committee on Exploration of the Seas,National Research Council

      Assesses the feasibility of implementing a major, coordinated, international program of ocean exploration and discovery. This book surveys national and international ocean programs and strategies for cooperation between governments, institutions…

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      Drinking Water and Health,: Volume 1

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Safe Drinking Water Committee,Commission on Life Sciences

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      Privacy Issues in Biomedical and Clinical Research

      Board on Biology,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      After discussions with the National Cancer Institute and the Department of Energy the Board on Biology of the National Research Council agreed to run a workshop under the auspices of…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Safe Drinking Water Committee,National Research Council

      Part of the Drinking Water and Health series, this seventh volume addresses methods of drinking water disinfection and compares standard chlorination techniques with alternative methods. Various techniques are discussed in…

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      Science at Sea: Meeting Future Oceanographic Goals with a Robust Academic Research Fleet

      Committee on Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet,National Research Council

      The U.S. academic research fleet is an essential national resource, and it is likely that scientific demands on the fleet will increase. Oceanographers are embracing a host of remote technologies…

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      What is America Eating?: Proceedings of a Symposium

      Food and Nutrition Board,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Explaining dietary habits, this volume examines the impact of fast-food proliferation and the changing role of women as it affects dietary behavior, and analyzes the nutritional consequences of national dietary…

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      Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science: Occupied and Unoccupied Vehicles in Basic Ocean Research

      Committee on Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science,National Research Council

      Deep-diving manned submersibles, such as Alvin, which gained worldwide fame when researchers used it to reach the wreck of the Titanic, have helped advance deep-ocean science. But many scholars in…

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      Drinking Water and Health

      Safe Drinking Water Committee,National Research Council

      Providing an overview of DNA adducts and their effects on health, this title explores the techniques in use for detecting them and offers an outlook on toxicity testing. It also…

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      Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

      Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay,National Research Council

      Disc contains appendixes D through G from the text.

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      Sustaining Our Water Resources

      Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains essays that cover issues in the water resources field, including intergenerational fairness and water resources, the relationship between policy and science for American rivers, changing perceptions in the hydrologic…

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      Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping

      Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies,National Research Council

      Shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional base map imagery to meet Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional base elevation data that are needed…

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      Shaping the Future: Biology and Human Values

      Steve Olson,Board on Biology,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Drawing on research in a number of fields, this volume talks about the breakthroughs and social questions emerging from biology in contemporary times. It also highlights the research being done…

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      Risk and Decisions About Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste

      National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The US Department of Energy (DOE) manages sites across the nation that focus on research, design, and production of nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors for defense applications. This report addresses…

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      The Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

      The Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident summarizes the presentations and discussions of the May 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium titled The Science and Response to a Nuclear…

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      Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships

      Ocean Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Outlines pressing marine research problems and offers recommendations for how they may be solved, with detailed discussions of how oceanographic research is conducted. This comprehensive book is suitable for researchers…

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      Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience: Workshop Summary

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      In response to a request by the Department of Homeland Security, the National Research Council formed an ad hoc committee to organize a two-day workshop to discuss the use of…

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      America’s Climate Choices

      Committee on America's Climate Choices,National Research Council

      Accompanying CD-ROM includes the four panel reports along with Reports in Brief and promotional videos.

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      The Ocean’s Role in Global Change: Progress of Major Research Programs

      Ocean Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides summaries on the progress of the major oceanographic research programs. This book looks at programs that study processes that occur over periods ranging from days to hundreds of years…

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      Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters

      Committee on Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences,National Research Council

      Water is essential to life for humans and their food crops, and for ecosystems. This book concludes that in order to realize the potential of integrated data, agencies, universities, and…

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      Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

      Committee on Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean,National Research Council

      Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world’s last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km&sup2 (an area approximately 1.4 times the size of the United States), Antarctica…

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      Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences

      Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences,National Research Council

      New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of…

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      A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan: Parts I and II

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Panel on Water System Security Research

      The report examines a draft plan, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, that identifies critical security issues for drinking water and wastewater and outlines related research and technical support needs…

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      Critical Infrastructure for Ocean Research and Societal Needs in 2030

      Committee on an Ocean Infrastructure Strategy for U.S. Ocean Research in 2030,National Research Council

      This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy under grant number DE-FG02-09ER64727, the Environmental Protection Agency under contract number EP09H000821, the Food and Drug Administration under…

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      Science for Environmental Protection: The Road Ahead

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Science for EPA's Future

      In anticipation of future environmental science and engineering challenges and technologic advances, EPA asked the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the overall capabilities of the agency to develop, obtain…

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      Review of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Plan

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on the Review of the National Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Plan

      The world’s ocean has already experienced a 30% rise in acidity since the industrial revolution, with acidity expected to rise 100 to 150% over preindustrial levels by the end of…

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      Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

      Committee on Sustainable Underground Storage of Recoverable Water,National Research Council

      Pressure on freshwater supplies will increase to meet anticipated needs for municipal and industrial uses, agricultural irrigation, and environment protection in the coming years. Certain conditions such as increasing population…

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      Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

      Committee on Hydrologic Impacts of Forest Management,National Research Council

      Of all the outputs of forests, water may be the most important. Streamflow from forests provides two-thirds of the nation’s clean water supply. This book identifies actions that scientists, forest…

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      Ecological Impacts of Climate Change

      Commitee on Ecological Impacts of Climate Change,National Research Council

      The world’s climate is changing, and it will continue to change throughout the 21st century and beyond. Rising temperatures, new precipitation patterns, and other changes are already affecting many aspects…

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      Improving the Nation’s Water Security: Opportunities for Research

      Committee on Water System Security Research,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Concern over terrorist attacks since 2001 has directed attention to potential vulnerabilities of the nation’s water and wastewater systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which leads federal efforts to protect…

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      The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery

      Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science,National Research Council

      The longest river of US, the Missouri River and its floodplain ecosystem experienced substantial environmental and hydrologic changes during the twentieth century. This report reviews the ecological state of the…

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      Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future: A Leadership Role for the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on Water Resources Activities,National Research Council

      Water is our most fundamental natural resource, a resource that is limited. Challenges to our nation’s water resources continue to grow, driven by population growth, ecological needs, climate change, and…

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      Communicating Uncertainties in Weather and Climate Information: A Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate

      The report explores how best to communicate weather and climate information by presenting five case studies, selected to illustrate a range of time scales and issues, from the forecasting of…

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      Environmental Data Management at NOAA: Archiving, Stewardship, and Access

      Committee on Archiving and Accessing,National Research Council

      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects, manages, and disseminates a wide range of climate, weather, ecosystem and other environmental data that are used by scientists, engineers, resource managers…

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      Atlantic Salmon in Maine

      Committee on Atlantic Salmon in Maine,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Because of the pervasive and substantial decline of Atlantic salmon populations in Maine over the past 150 years, and because they are close to extinction, a comprehensive statewide action should…

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      Professional Societies and Ecologically Based Pest Management: Proceedings of a Workshop

      Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The National Research Council’s (NRC) Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources invited professional societies associated with agriculture and ecology to participate in a two-day workshop to explore leadership and a…

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      Environmental Contamination, Biotechnology, and the Law: The Impact of Emerging Genomic Information: Summary of a Forum

      Board on Life Sciences,Robert Pool, Ph.D.,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      On August 16, 2000, the Board on Life Sciences held a forum on Environmental Contamination, Biotechnology, and the Law: The Impact of Emerging Genomic Information. The purpose of the forum…

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      National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Programs: Rethinking the Focus

      Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Commission on Life Sciences,Mapping Science Committee,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) was envisioned as a way of enhancing the accessibility, communication, and use of geospatial data to support a wide variety of decisions at all…

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      Oceanography and Mine Warfare

      Ocean Studies Board,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. This title examines the issues such as: how environmental data are used in mine warfare doctrine, and the…

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      Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises

      Committee on Abrupt Climate Change,National Research Council

      This text present a comprehensive review of the current scientific evidence and theoretical knowledge to fully understand what is known about abrupt climate change.

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