Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of ammonia…

With the negotiation of the International Protocol on Environmental Protection in 1991, those nations conducting scientific research in Antarctica face various challenges. This book examines how the implementation of the…

Evaluates the feasibility of EBPM and examines how best to move beyond optimal examples into the mainstream of agriculture. This book stresses the need for information, identifies research priorities in…

Animal scientists have learned that administering recombinantly derived somatotropin to cows improves milk production and that giving beta-adrenergic agonists to meat animals improves productivity. This text reports on how these…

Discusses the complex management challenges in Yellowstone National Park. This report examines the evidence that increased ungulate populations are responsible for the changes in vegetation and that the changes represent…

Examines the status of the science underlying weather modification in the United States. This study calls for a coordinated national research program to answer fundamental questions about basic atmospheric processes…

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) provides geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) to support national security, both as a national intelligence and a combat support agency. In the post-9/11 world, the need for…

The technical, scientific, policy, and institutional environment for conducting Earth science research has been changing rapidly over the past few decades. Changes in the technical environment are due both to…