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      Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods

      Committee on the Review of Recreational Fisheries Survey Methods,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the types of survey methods used to estimate catch in recreational fisheries, including state/federal cooperative programs. This report finds that both telephone survey and onsite access components of the…

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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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      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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      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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      Drawing Louisiana’s New Map: Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana

      Committee on the Restoration and Protection of Coastal Louisiana,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      During the past 50 years, coastal Louisiana has suffered catastrophic land loss due to both natural and human causes. This loss has increased storm vulnerability and amplified risks to lives…

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      Health Risks of Radon and Other Internally Deposited Alpha-emitters: Beir IV

      Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiations,National Research Council

      Describes hazards from radon progeny and other alpha-emitters that humans may inhale or ingest from their environment. Techniques for estimating the risks to humans posed by radon and other internally…

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      A Review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy

      Committee to Review the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology's Research Priorities Plan,National Research Council

      The National Research Council convened a committee to review the draft and final versions of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy. This title contains the committee’s review of…

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      Advancing Nuclear Medicine Through Innovation

      Committee on State of the Science of Nuclear Medicine,National Research Council

      Highlights the opportunities in nuclear medicine, which include assessing the efficacy of new drugs in development, individualizing treatment to the patient, and understanding the biology of human diseases. This book…

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      Understanding and Managing Risk in Security Systems for the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex

      Committee on Risk-Based Approaches for Securing the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex,National Research Council

      This is an abbreviated version of the National Academies’ report on augmenting DOE’s security systems at sites in the nuclear weapons complex, and particularly on the applicability of risk assessment…

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      Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communication

      Committee on Identification of Research Needs Relating to Potential Biological or Adverse Health Effects of Wireless Communications Devices,National Research Council

      The US Food and Drug Administration asked the National Research Council to organize a workshop to identify research needs and gaps in knowledge in the areas of dosimetry and exposure…

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      The Arctic in the Anthropocene: Emerging Research Questions

      Committee on Emerging Research Questions in the Arctic,Polar Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Once ice-bound, difficult to access, and largely ignored by the rest of the world, the Arctic is now front and center in the midst of many important questions facing the…

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      The Oil Spill Recovery Institute: Past, Present, and Future Directions

      Committee to Review the Oil Spill Recovery Institute's Research Program,Polar Research Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      As a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Prince William Sound, Congress passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), and within that legislation, the Oil…

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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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      Evaluation of the Sea Grant Program Review Process

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on the Evaluation of the Sea Grant Program Review Process,National Academy of Sciences

      The National Sea Grant College Program, created in 1966, has grown into a nationwide network of 30 individual Sea Grant programs located at some of the nation’s top universities. Administered…

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      An Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Marine and Hydrokinetic Resource Assessments

      Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Assessment Committee,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Sciences

      Increasing renewable energy development, both within the United States and abroad, has rekindled interest in the potential for marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) resources to contribute to electricity generation. This title…

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      Iodotrifluoromethane: Toxicity Review

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Toxicology,Subcommittee on Iodotrifluoromethane

      The US military considers using a compound called iodotrifluoromethane (CF3I) for fire suppression to replace previously-used compounds that are phased out because they deplete the ozone layer. This report reviews…

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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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      Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: Abbreviated Version

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on Evaluating the Performance Measures and Metrics Development for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture

      The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) is described as a worldwide network of sensors, telecommunications, and personnel. This book considers how to develop performance measures and quantitative metrics that can…

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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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      Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities: Phase I

      Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities-Phase I,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including…

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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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      Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Geoengineering Climate: Technical Evaluation and Discussion of Impacts

      The growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions…

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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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      Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes

      Committee on Improving Practices for Regulating and Managing Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      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…

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      Critical Aspects of EPA’s IRIS Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic: Interim Report

      Committee on Inorganic Arsenic,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. This title evaluates critical scientific issues in assessing cancer and noncancer effects…

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      Ocean Noise and Marine Mammals

      Committee on Potential Impacts of Ambient Noise in the Ocean on Marine Mammals,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews sources of noise in the ocean environment, what is known of the responses of marine mammals to acoustic disturbance, and what models exist for describing ocean noise and marine…

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      Radiation Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses

      Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Public concern about releases of radiation into the environment has focused attention on the measurement of exposure of people living near nuclear weapons production facilities or in areas affected by…

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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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      The Community Development Quota Program in Alaska

      Committee to Review the Community Development Quota Program,National Research Council

      Reviews the performance of the Community Development Quotas (CDQ) programs that were formed as a result of the Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996. The CDQ program is a method of…

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      Managing Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure

      Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures,Committee on Toxicology,National Research Council

      Beryllium and its alloys can be found in many important technologies in the defense and aeronautics industries. This book, requested by the US Air Force to help to determine the…

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      Emerging Animal Diseases: Global Markets, Global Safety: Workshop Summary

      Recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe and Japan set off alarm bells in the United States and other nations, prompting a flurry of…

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      Bridging Boundaries Through Regional Marine Research

      Committee on the Assessment of Regional Marine Research Programs,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Regional Marine Research Program (RMRP) was established by Congress in 1990 to provide a mechanism to fund coastal marine research based on regionally-defined priorities. This title features a study…

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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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      Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts: Safe Buildings Program Research Implementation Plan

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Committee on Safe Buildings Program

      The report examines the Environmental Protection Agency’s three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on a civilian or public sector facility. The report states that…

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      Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Geoengineering Climate: Technical Evaluation and Discussion of Impacts

      The signals are everywhere that our planet is experiencing significant climate change. It is clear that we need to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from…

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      Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science

      Committee on the National Needs for Research in Veterinary Science,National Research Council

      Identifies questions and issues that veterinary research can help to address, and discusses the scientific expertise and infrastructure needed to meet the most critical research needs. This report finds that…

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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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      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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      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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      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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      The United States Antarctic Research Report to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

      Polar Research Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Many nations conduct research and engage in other scientific activities on Antarctica. Each year the US National Committee for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research compiles a book that includes…

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      Formaldehyde - An Assessment of Its Health Effects

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health Hazards,Committee on Toxicology

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      Funding Smithsonian Scientific Research

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Physics and Astronomy,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences

      This report assesses whether the Smithsonian Institution should continue to receive direct federal appropriations for its scientific research programs or if this funding should be transferred to a peer-reviewed program…

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      Understanding Interventions That Encourage Minorities to Pursue Research Careers: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council

      Minority groups are severely underrepresented in the scientific workforce. To encourage minorities to pursue careers in research, a variety of intervention programs have been created at the pre-college, college, and…

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      Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network

      Committee on Designing an Arctic Observing Network,Polar Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Observable changes with regional and global implications, such as warming temperatures and reduced sea ice, are taking place across the Arctic. However, the record of Arctic observations suffers from incomplete…

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