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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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      Status of the Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (DS86)

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation,National Academy of Sciences

      The Committee on Dosimetry for the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) was charged with monitoring work and experimental results related to the Dosimetry System 1986 (DS86) used by RERF to…

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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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      Tackling Marine Debris in the 21st Century

      Committee on the Effectiveness of International and National Measures to Prevent and Reduce Marine Debris and Its Impacts,National Research Council

      Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources-including trash and lost fishing gear-contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine animals…

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      Increasing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts: A Priority for the 21st Century

      Committee on International Capacity-Building for the Protection and Sustainable Use of Oceans and Coasts,National Research Council

      Marine environments support the livelihoods, economies, and quality of life for communities around the world. This report recommends ways that governments can help strengthen marine protection and management capacity, 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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      Review of EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Process

      Committee To Review The IRIS Process,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) is a program within the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is responsible for developing toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. An IRIS assessment contains…

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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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      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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      A Review of the Draft Report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to Revise the 1985 Radioepidemiological Tables

      Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE Contractor Sites,Board on Radiation Effects Research,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences

      The National Research Council was asked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review the draft report of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-CDC’s working group charged with…

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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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      Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta

      Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California’s San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a central element in California’s water supply system. Uncertainties…

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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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      Review of Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments

      Committee to Review Northeast Fishery Stock Assessments,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The collapse of cod, flounder, and haddock fish stocks has caused widespread concern among managers and fishers in the United States and Canada. Congress mandated that a scientific review 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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      Phthalates and Cumulative Risk Assessment: The Task Ahead

      Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates,National Research Council

      People are exposed to a variety of chemicals throughout their daily lives. To protect public health, regulators use risk assessments to examine the effects of chemical exposures. This book provides…

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      A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting

      Committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting,Mapping Science Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The coastal zone is of enormous importance to a nation’s well-being. This book identifies and suggests mechanisms for addressing the needs for spatial information in the coastal zone. It also…

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      Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making

      Committee on Models in the Regulatory Decision Process,National Research Council

      Many regulations issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are based on the results of computer models. This book presents guidelines and principles for improving agency models and decision-making…

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      Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment

      Committee on Health Impact Assessment,National Research Council

      Factoring health and related costs into decision making is essential to confronting the nation’s health problems and enhancing public well-being. Some policies and programs historically not recognized as relating to…

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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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      Signs of Life: A Report Based on the April 2000 Workshop on Life Detection Techniques

      Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A workshop to assess the science and technology of life detection techniques was organized by the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life (COEL) of the Board on Life…

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      The Decline of the Steller Sea Lion in Alaskan Waters: Untangling Food Webs and Fishing Nets

      Committee on the Alaska Groundfish Fishery and Steller Sea Lions,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Populations of Steller sea lions, especially in the western Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea, have been in decline since 1970. In November 2000, an Endangered Species Act consultation proposed…

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      An Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars

      Committee on an Astrobiology Strategy for the Exploration of Mars,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      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…

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      A Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California’s Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan

      Panel to Review California's Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan,National Research Council

      The San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is a large, complex estuarine ecosystem in California. It has been substantially altered by dikes, levees, channelization, pumps, human development, introduced species, dams on…

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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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      Fire and Smoke: Understanding the Hazards

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

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      Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean

      Committee on the Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment,National Research Council

      The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to…

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      Marine Biotechnology in the Twenty-First Century: Problems, Promise and Products

      Committee on Marine Biotechnology: Biomedical Applications of Marine Natural Products,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Two workshops, held in October 1999 and November 2001 at the National Academies, were successful in highlighting various developments and opportunities in environmental and biomedical applications of marine biotechnology. This…

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      Promise and Challenges in Systems Microbiology: Workshop Summary

      Patricia McAdams,Evonne Tang,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Microbiologists have become interested in applying a /systems biologya to understand and harness complex biological processes in microbial communities. A systems approach, which attempts to use comparative, high-throughput assays, and…

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      Solar Influences on Global Change

      Board on Global Change,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The proper specification of natural global changes is a prerequisite for detecting anthropogenic impacts. This book addresses monitoring and understanding of solar influences on the climate system and the ozone…

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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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      Assessment of Sea-Turtle Status and Trends: Integrating Demography and Abundance

      Committee on Sea Turtle Population Assessment Methods,National Research Council

      This study was supported by Contract No. DG133R08CQ0062 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. –T.p. verso.

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      Nutrient Requirements of Swine: Eleventh Revised Edition

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Swine,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Since 1944, the National Research Council has published 10 editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia and the swine and…

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      Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants

      On Toxicology Committee

      A variety of smokes and obscurants have been developed and used to screen armed forces from view, signal friendly forces, and mark positions. Smokes are produced by burning or vaporizing…

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      Improving the Use of the Best Scientific Information Available: Standard in Fisheries Management

      Committee on Defining the Best Scientific Information Available for Fisheries Management,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends that NOAA Fisheries adopt procedural guidelines to ensure that the scientific information used in the development of fishery management plans is relevant and timely and is the product of…

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      Global Air Quality: An Imperative for Long-Term Observational Strategies

      Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      The National Research Council’s Committee on Atmospheric Chemistry (NRC/CAC) was established to serve as a focal point for NRC activities on issues related to atmospheric chemical change and its impacts…

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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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      Soil Conservation: Assessing the National Resources Inventory

      Committee on Conservation Needs and Opportunities,Board on Agriculture,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Gives an analysis of an important national data base, the National Resources Inventory. This work cites potential uses of the NRI in controlling soil erosion; determining land use; deciding conservation…

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