Across the United States, the practices for collecting water use data vary significantly from state to state and vary also from one water use category to another, in response to…

The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with…

The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research institutions, and defense installations…

Biological sciences have been revolutionized, not only in the way research is conducted but also in how research findings are communicated among professionals and to the public. This book includes…

Chemical imaging has a variety of applications for almost every facet of our daily lives, ranging from medical diagnosis and treatment to the study and design of material properties in…

Geographic information systems (GIS), the Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, and other information technologies have all changed the nature of work in the mapping sciences and in the professions…

Presents a review of knowledge about possible life on Mars; an astrobiological assessment of current Mars missions; a review of Mars-mission planetary protection; and findings and recommendations. This report notes…

The National Weather Service can take a leading role in the transition to widespread, effective incorporation of uncertainty information into predictions. This book makes recommendations to the National Weather Service…