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Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information

Board on Natural Disasters,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Losses of life and property from natural disasters in the United States-and throughout the world-have been enormous and the potential for substantially greater future losses looms. It is clearly in…

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Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information

Oceanography in the Next Decade: Building New Partnerships

Toxicologic Assessment of the Army’s Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions

Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences

Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands

Global Change and Extreme Hydrology: Testing Conventional Wisdom

Risk and Decisions About Disposition of Transuranic and High-Level Radioactive Waste

Desalination: A National Perspective

Applications of Social Network Analysis for Building Community Disaster Resilience: Workshop Summary

Diet and Health: Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk

Promise and Challenges in Systems Microbiology: Workshop Summary

Science for Environmental Protection: The Road Ahead

Review of the U.S. Navy’s Exposure Standard for Manufactured Vitreous Fibers

Material Fluxes on the Surface of the Earth

Toward a Coordinated Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Nation

A Biological Survey for the Nation

Quantitative Relationship Between Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Potencies: A Feasibility Study

Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards

Future Directions for the National Science Foundation’s Arctic Natural Sciences Program

The Role of the Chemical Sciences in Finding Alternatives to Critical Resources: A Workshop Summary

The Atmospheric Sciences: Entering the Twenty-First Century

Resolving Conflicts Arising from the Privatization of Environmental Data

Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants

Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals

Nitrate and Nitrite in Drinking Water

Toxicity of Military Smokes and Obscurants

Sharing Publication-Related Data and Materials: Responsibilities of Authorship in the Life Sciences

A Review of the Radiological Assessments Corporation’s Fernald Dose Reconstruction Report

Indicators for Waterborne Pathogens

Promoting the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Through Partnerships

Environmental Data Management at NOAA: Archiving, Stewardship, and Access

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals – Russian Version

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals – Chinese Version

Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals – Korean Edition

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

Neon: Addressing the Nation’s Environmental Challenges

The National Geomagnetic Initiative

Environmental Contamination, Biotechnology, and the Law: The Impact of Emerging Genomic Information: Summary of a Forum

The Ocean’s Role in Global Change: Progress of Major Research Programs

Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Oceanic Carbon Cycle Studies

Radiological Assessments for the Resettlement of Rongelap in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Licensing Geographic Data and Services

Groundwater Fluxes Across Interfaces

Communicating Uncertainties in Weather and Climate Information: A Workshop Summary

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Evaluation of Sources and Effects

Drinking Water and Health

Reflections on the National Science Foundation’s Understanding the Rules of Life Program

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