During the past century, the Everglades, one of the world’s treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure that was intended to improve flood management, urban…

Workshop speakers explored factors that affect trust in science and scientific findings on such issues as childhood vaccination, cancer screenings, and synthetic biology. Participants also discussed challenges within the scientific…

Evaluates our understanding of the linkages among climate, ecosystems, and infectious disease. This book also examines the potential for using climate forecasts and ecological observations to help predict infectious disease…

In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the…

The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a rapid expansion of wastewater-based infectious disease surveillance systems to monitor and anticipate disease trends in communities.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the…

In 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the Pharmaceutical Quality for the 21st Century Initiative to encourage adoption of innovative technologies that would lead to an agile…

During the past century, the Everglades, one of the world’s treasured ecosystems, has been dramatically altered by drainage and water management infrastructure to improve flood management, urban water supply, and…

Countering the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED)s is a challenging, multilayered problem. This book focuses on the human dimension of terror campaigns and also on improving the ability to…