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      The Sun to the Earth, and Beyond: Panel Reports

      Solar and Space Physics Survey Committee,Committee on Solar and Space Physics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      This volume, The Sun to the Earth-and Beyond: Panel Reports, is a compilation of the reports from five National Research Council (NRC) panels convened as part of a survey in…

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      The Hanford Tanks: Environmental Impacts and Policy Choices

      Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Hanford Site (also known as the Hanford Reservation) occupies approximately 1,450 km2 (560 square miles) along the Columbia River in south-central Washington, north of the city of Richland. The…

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      Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era

      Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space,National Research Council

      More than four decades have passed since a human first set foot on the Moon. Great strides have been made in our understanding of what is required to support an…

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      Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization: The Role of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities: A Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Chemical Sciences Roundtable

      Based on a one-day public workshop held in Washington, DC, Opportunities and Obstacles in Large-Scale Biomass Utilization: The Role of the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Communities: A Workshop Summary explores…

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      Inland Navigation System Planning: The Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway

      In 1988, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began an investigation of the benefits and costs of extending several locks on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway…

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      The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: Assessing Pre-Katrina Vulnerability and Improving Mitigation and Preparedness

      Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects,National Research Council

      Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation’s most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps…

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      Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: Final Report

      Committee on the Characterization of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S. Department of EnergyA (DOE) disposes of plutonium-contaminated debris from its 27 nuclear weapons facilities at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), an underground repositoryA inA Carlsbad,A New Mexico.A…

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      National Water Resources Challenges Facing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

      Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning,National Research Council

      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance of much of the nation’s water resources infrastructure. This infrastructure includes flood control levees, multi-purpose dams…

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      Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision-Making Framework

      Committee on Standards and Policies for Decontaminating Public Facilities Affected by Exposure to Harmful Biological Agents: How Clean is Safe?,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The anthrax attacks in fall 2001 spurred an extensive and costly decontamination effort where many decisions had to be made about which sites required cleanup, what method to use, how…

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      Groundwater and Soil Cleanup: Improving Management of Persistent Contaminants

      Committee on Technologies for Cleanup of Subsurface Contaminants in the DOE Weapons Complex,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents a review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil. This book focuses on three classes of contaminants that have proven very difficult to treat once released…

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      Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists

      Committee on Dimensions, Causes, and Implications of Recent Trends in Careers of Life Scientists,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the data concerning the production of doctorates in life-science and the changes in the positions graduates have obtained. This work discusses the impact of those changes and helps them…

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      Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy

      Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production,National Research Council

      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…

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      Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII, Phase 2

      Committee to Assess Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses the effects of exposure to low dose LET (Linear Energy Transfer) ionizing radiation and human health. This work includes detailed risk estimates for cancer incidence in addition to cancer…

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      Radioactive Waste Repository Licensing: Synopsis of a Symposium

      Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,National Research Council

      Recounts the issues raised and the viewpoints aired at a symposium on repository licensing. This book summarizes the problems surrounding the setting of an Environmental Protection Agency standard for the…

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      Disposition of High-Level Radioactive Waste Through Geological Isolation: Development, Current Status, and Technical and Policy Challenges

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

      During the next several years, decisions are expected to be made in several countries on the further development and implementation of the geological disposition option. The Board on Radioactive Waste…

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      The Meteorological Buoy and Coastal Marine Automated Network for the United States

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,William A. Sprigg

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      The Dynamics of Sedimentary Basins

      Panel of the Geodynamics of Sedimentary Basins,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Sustainability Concepts in Decision-Making: Tools and Approaches for the US Environmental Protection Agency

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

      In its current strategic plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) describes a cross-agency strategy to advance sustainable environmental outcomes and optimize economic and social outcomes through Agency decisions and…

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      Novel Approaches to Carbon Management: Separation, Capture, Sequestration, and Conversion to Useful Products: Workshop Report

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

      The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Committee on Novel Approaches to the Management of Greenhouse Gases from Energy Systems held a workshop at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center in Irvine…

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      Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan: A Critique of the Pilot Projects and Related Plans for Asr in the Lake Okeechobee and Western Hillsboro Areas

      Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use at some later time from the same…

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      Toxicogenomic Technologies and Risk Assessment of Environmental Carcinogens: A Workshop Summary

      Committee on How Toxicogenomics Could Inform Critical Issues in Carcinogenic Risk Assessment of Environmental Chemicals,Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants,Board on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Toxicogenomics is a discipline that combines expertise in toxicology, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental health to help understand the response of living organisms to stressful environments. The National Research Council…

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      Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review, 2008

      Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP),National Research Council

      An evaluation of the progress being made in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a multibillion-dollar effort to restore historical water flows to the Everglades. It concludes that budgeting, planning…

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      Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

      Committee for the Update of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals,National Research Council

      Organized around major components of animal use such as institutional policies and responsibilities, animal environment, husbandry, and management veterinary care, and physical plant. This book provides a framework for the…

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      Learning to Think Spatially: GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum

      Committee on the Support for the Thinking Spatially: The Incorporation of Geographic Information Science Across the K-12 Curriculum,Committee on Geography,National Research Council

      Spatial thinking - a constructive combination of concepts of space, tools of representation, and processes of reasoning - uses space to structure problems, find answers, and express solutions. This book…

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      Fostering Industry-Initiated Environmental Protection Efforts

      Committee on Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental Protection,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

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      Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program

      Ecology Panel,Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the studies done by the Environmental Studies Program of the Minerals Management Service to provide information to predict and manage the environmental effects of outer continental shelf oil and…

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      Potential Risks and Benefits of Gain-of-Function Research: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law

      On October 17, 2014, spurred by incidents at U.S. government laboratories that raised serious biosafety concerns, the United States government launched a one-year deliberative process to address the continuing controversy…

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      The Atmospheric Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft Project: An Interim Review of Science and Progress

      Panel on Atmospheric Effects of Aviation,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Scientists and policy-makers alike are concerned that operation of a fleet of high-speed civil transport (HSCT) aircraft could significantly affect the global atmosphere. HSCT emissions may have a direct effect…

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      Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies

      Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies assesses the status of medical, research, sterilization, and other commercial applications of radioactive sources and alternative (nonradioisotopic) technologies in the United States and internationally…

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      A Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on A Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration

      As of 2021, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have reached historically unprecedented levels, higher than at any time in the past 800,000 years. Worldwide efforts to reduce emissions by creating a…

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      The Future of Low Dose Radiation Research in the United States: Proceedings of a Symposium

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

      Exposures at low doses of radiation, generally taken to mean doses below 100 millisieverts, are of primary interest for setting standards for protecting individuals against the adverse effects of ionizing…

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      Review of NOAA Working Group Report on Maintaining the Continuation of Long-term Satellite Total Solar Irradiance Observation

      Committee on Evaluating NOAA's Plan to Mitigate the Loss of Total Solar Irradiance Measurements from Space,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Solar irradiance is a vital source of energy input for the Earth’s climate system and its variability has the potential to mitigate or exacerbate a human-created climate. This report evaluates…

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      Analytical Methods and Approaches for Water Resources Project Planning

      Panel on Methods and Techniques of Project Analysis,Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Offers a study that was conducted in response to a request from the US Congress in the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 for the National Academy of Sciences to…

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      Animal Biotechnology: Science Based Concerns

      Committee on Defining Science-Based Concerns Associated with Products of Animal Biotechnology,Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology, Health, and the Environment,National Research Council,Debra Davis,National Academy of Sciences

      Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. This book identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnology. It includes…

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      Exploring Health and Environmental Costs of Food: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Food and Nutrition Board

      The U.S. food system provides many benefits, not the least of which is a safe, nutritious and consistent food supply. However, the same system also creates significant environmental, public health…

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      Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future

      To assist NASA, NOAA, and the USGS develop the tools required to understand the changes in the planet Earth, a survey of Earth science and applications from space was carried…

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      Adaptive Management for Water Resources Project Planning

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning

      Reviews literature on adaptive management and notes that a range of adaptive management practices present themselves for Corps projects. This book recommends that a Corps Center for Adaptive Management be…

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      Seeing into the Earth: Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications

      Committee for Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council

      Examines why noninvasive characterization is important and how improved methods can be developed and disseminated. This volume makes recommendations for linking characterization and cost savings, provides information on topics such…

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      Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops on Novel Antimicrobial Therapeutics

      Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: New Classes of Antimicrobials,Committee on New Directions in the Study of Antimicrobial Therapeutics: Immunomodulation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Identifies different approaches to the development of antimicrobial drugs and vaccines based on a greater understanding of how the human immune system interacts with both good and bad microbes. This…

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      Water and Sustainable Development: Opportunities for the Chemical Sciences: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Chemical Sciences Roundtable

      Water and Sustainable Development: Opportunities for the Chemical Sciences - A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable .

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      Water Reuse: Potential for Expanding the Nation’s Water Supply Through Reuse of Municipal Wastewater

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on the Assessment of Water Reuse as an Approach to Meeting Future Water Supply Needs

      Expanding water reuse-the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation-could significantly increase the nation’s total available water resources. Water Reuse presents a…

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      Review of the U.S. Climate Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making

      Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      This report reviews the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s new draft assessment product on characterizing and communicating uncertainty information for climate change decision making, one of 21 climate change assessment…

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      Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era of Space Exploration: An Interim Report

      Committee for the Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space,Space Studies Board,National Research Council

      In response to requests from Congress, NASA asked the National Research Council to undertake a decadal survey of life and physical sciences in microgravity. Developed in consultation with members of…

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      Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy

      Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens and understanding pathogen transport and…

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      Review of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi-Illinois River Waterway Feasibility Study

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee to Review the Corps of Engineers Restructured Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Feasibility Study

      The lock system on the lower portion of the Upper Mississippi River has caused waterway congestion, causing some ships to wait from several hours to several days. The Army Corps…

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      Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects

      Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Assists policymakers in evaluating the scientific methods for detecting unintended changes in food and assessing the potential for adverse health effects from genetically modified products. This work feels that scrutiny…

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      Assessment of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program

      Socioeconomics Panel,Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies Program,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The third of four volumes from the Committee to Review the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Environmental Studies Program (ESP). This book presents the findings of the panel’s investigation of the…

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      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Planning: A New Opportunity for Service

      Coordinating Committee,Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      From the Executive Summary: There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for flood hazard management…

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