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Landscapes on the Edge: New Horizons for Research on Earth’s Surface

Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes,National Research Council

During geologic spans of time, Earth’s shifting tectonic plates, atmosphere, freezing water, thawing ice, flowing rivers, and evolving life have shaped Earth’s surface features. The resulting hills, mountains, valleys, and…

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Biologic Markers of Air-Pollution Stress and Damage in Forests

Committee on Biologic Markers of Air-Pollution Damage in Trees,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

There is not much question that plants are sensitive to air pollution, nor is there doubt that air pollution is affecting forests and agriculture worldwide. This book suggests specific criteria…

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences

Committee on Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences,National Research Council

New research opportunities to advance hydrologic sciences promise a better understanding of the role of water in the Earth system that could help improve human welfare and the health of…

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

Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Toxicology,Subcommittee on Manufactured Vitreous Fibers,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

In 1997, the National Research Council (NRC) was asked to conduct an independent review of the Navy’s toxicological assessment of Manufactured vitreous fibers (MVF) and to evaluate the scientific validity…

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NOAA’s Arctic Research Initiative: Proceedings of a Workshop

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

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Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Explores limnology’s place in the university structure and the need for curriculum reform, with suggestions for curricula and field research at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. This volume examines…

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Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning

National Research Council,Board on Life Sciences

Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. This work considers the…

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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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Licensing Geographic Data and Services

Committee on Licensing Geographic Data and Services,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Geographic data are used in all sectors of society to support a huge range of applications ranging from emergency response to land-use planning to location-based services. In the past, government…

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Weather Radar Technology Beyond Nexrad

Committee on Weather Radar Technology Beyond NEXRAD, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate

Weather radar is a vital instrument for observing the atmosphere to help provide weather forecasts and issue weather warnings to the public. The current Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) system…

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Urban Forestry: Toward an Ecosystem Services Research Agenda: A Workshop Summary

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

Being exposed to trees enhances social cohesion, improve health and recreational opportunities, and increase real estate values. In order to gain more knowledge into this urban forestry, the National Academy…

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Setting Priorities for Land Conservation

Committee on Scientific and Technical Criteria for Federal Acquisition of Lands for Conservation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Responds to a congressional request to evaluated criteria by which land is acquired under the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The committee reviews criteria and procedures by which four agencies…

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The Atmospheric Sciences: Entering the Twenty-First Century

Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,National Research Council

Presenting an assessment of the atmospheric sciences, this book offers a vision for the future and a range of recommendations for federal authorities, the scientific community, and education administrators. It…

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Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields

Committee on the Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields on Biologic Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Assesses the effects of electric and magnetic fields on human health. This book examines what is known about three kinds of health effects associated with EMF: cancer, primarily childhood leukemia…

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Review of EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Overall Evaluation

Committee to Review the EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Programs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Reviewing EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), this volume retains its belief that EMAP’s goals are laudable. Achieving the goals of this ambitious program requires that EMAP successfully meet…

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The Scientific Bases for Preservation of the Mariana Crow

Committee on the Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the Mariana Crow,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Focusing on preservation challenges posed by the Aga, or Mariana crow, this book reflects the issues and challenges of biodiversity conservation in oceanic island ecosystems. It evaluates causes for the…

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Review of EarthScope Integrated Science

Committee on the Review of EarthScope Science Objectives and Implementation Planning,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

EarthScope is a major science initiative in the solid-earth sciences and has been described as a new earth science initiative that will dramatically advance our physical understanding of the North…

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New Strategies for America’s Watersheds

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Watershed Management,National Academy of Sciences

Offers a look at the rise of watershed thinking among scientists and policymakers and recommends ways to steer the nation toward improved watershed management. This volume defines terms, identifies fundamental…

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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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An Assessment of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Committee to Review Atlantic Bluefin Tuna,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Evaluates the scientific basis of US management of fisheries for Atlantic bluefin tuna. This book focuses on the issues of stock structure and stock assessments used by the National Oceanic…

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Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models That Work, A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

Chemical Sciences Roundtable,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

This report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable presents a collection of contributed papers that report success stories for increasing diversity. The report provides background information on the value of diversity…

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Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science

Committee to Identify High-Priority Science to Meet National Coastal Needs,National Research Council

Describes critical environmental issues that face coastal ocean and Great Lakes areas, including eutrophication, habitat modification, hydrologic and hydrodynamic disruption, exploitation of resources, toxic effects on ecosystems and humans, introduction…

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Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science: Occupied and Unoccupied Vehicles in Basic Ocean Research

Committee on Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science,National Research Council

Deep-diving manned submersibles, such as Alvin, which gained worldwide fame when researchers used it to reach the wreck of the Titanic, have helped advance deep-ocean science. But many scholars in…

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Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities

Climate Research Committee,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The U.S. government has pending before it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which is largely based on the threat…

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The Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment: A Workshop Summary

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology

Dual-use applications for chemical manufacturing equipment have been recognized as a concern for many years, and export-control regulations worldwide are in place as a result. These regulations, in conjunction with…

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Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards

Committee on Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Presents an overview of animal-monitoring programs, including case studies of how animal health problems have led researchers to the sources of human health hazards. This book examines the components and…

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Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned

Committee on Analysis of Global Change Assessments,National Research Council

In this context, assessments are the vehicles by which the scientific community translates its technical findings into a form that policy makers can understand and make use of. This study…

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Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Protection and Management of Pacific Northwest Anadromous Salmonids,National Academy of Sciences

Explores the complications and conflicts surrounding the salmon problem - starting with the data on the status of salmon populations and an illustrative case study from Washington state’s Willapa Bay…

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The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery

Committee on Missouri River Ecosystem Science,National Research Council

The longest river of US, the Missouri River and its floodplain ecosystem experienced substantial environmental and hydrologic changes during the twentieth century. This report reviews the ecological state of the…

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Origin and Evolution of Earth: Research Questions for a Changing Planet

Committee on Grand Research Questions in the Solid-Earth Sciences,National Research Council

Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific endeavor. This book captures, in a series of questions…

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The Funding of Young Investigators in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Committee on the Funding of Young Investigators in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences,National Research Council,National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,National Academy of Sciences

Brings to light trends in the support of life scientists beginning their professional careers. This volume aims to present data about the trends and examine their implications.

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Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections: Workshop Summary

National Research Council,Board on Life Sciences,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies

Museums catalogue our knowledge of the Earth’s biodiversity, and their collections represent many decades of work by experts. Access to DNA sequence information in archival specimens would greatly extend knowledge…

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Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals

Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Toxicology,Subcommittee on Acute Exposure Guideline Levels,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 resulted in the death of around 2,000 residents living near chemical plants and irreversible injuries to more than 20,000 other residents. This title outlines acute…

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Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters

Committee on Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences,National Research Council

Water is essential to life for humans and their food crops, and for ecosystems. This book concludes that in order to realize the potential of integrated data, agencies, universities, and…

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Improving Fish Stock Assessments

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Evaluates the major models used for estimating the size and structure of marine fish populations and changes in populations. This book demonstrates how problems that occur in fisheries data can…

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Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

National Research Council

Guidelines and resources for instituting the training required by federal law. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Low-frequency Sound and Marine Mammals: Current Knowledge and Research Needs

National Research Council

Low-frequency sound waves are routinely used to investigate the topography of the ocean floor, the nature of ocean currents, the behavior of sound in the ocean, and other topics. But…

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Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries

National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Characterization of Wetlands,National Academy of Sciences

Explores how to define wetlands. This work also discusses the diverse hydrological and ecological functions of wetlands, and makes recommendations concerning so-called controversial areas such as permafrost wetlands, riparian ecosystems…

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The Scientific and Technical Understanding of the Bering Sea Ecosystem

National Research Council

The Bering Sea, which lies between the United States and Russia, is one of the most productive ecosystems in the world and has prolific fishing grounds. Yet there have been…

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Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management

Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management,Board on Biology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Explaining that economic and aesthetic benefits can be sustained through different approaches to management, this book proposes general goals for forest management in the Pacific Northwest. It also reviews the…

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Safe Water from Every Tap: Improving Water Service to Small Communities

Committee on Small Water Supply Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Reviews the risks of violating drinking water standards and discusses options for improving water service in small communities. This book also presents a variety of institutional options for improving the…

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Watershed Research in the U.S. Geological Survey

Committee on U.S. Geological Survey,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Watershed research is conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to expand our understanding of basic hydrologic mechanisms and their responses at the watershed scale and to provide information that…

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Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries

Committee on Promoting Safe and Secure Chemical Management in Developing Countries,National Research Council

There is growing concern about the possible use of toxic industrial chemicals or other hazardous chemicals by those seeking to perpetrate acts of terrorism. The U.S. Chemical Security Engagement Program…

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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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Identifying Future Drinking Water Contaminants

1998 Workshop on Emerging Drinking Water Contaminants,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Based on a 1998 workshop on emerging drinking water contaminants, this work includes papers on microbiological and chemical drinking water contaminants, associated analytical and water treatment methods for their detection…

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Research Reactor Aluminum Spent Fuel: Treatment Options for Disposal

Milton Levenson,Kevin D. Crowley,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) for management of aluminum spent fuel from foreign and domestic research reactors. This book provides an assessment…

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Chemistry in Primetime and Online: Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments

Chemical Sciences Roundtable,National Research Council

It is critical that we increase public knowledge and understanding of science and technology issues through formal and informal learning for the United States to maintain its competitive edge in…

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Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup: Workshop Summary

Kevin D. Crowley,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development programs. It asked the National…

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Landscapes on the Edge: New Horizons for Research on Earth’s Surface

Biologic Markers of Air-Pollution Stress and Damage in Forests

Challenges and Opportunities in the Hydrologic Sciences

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

NOAA’s Arctic Research Initiative: Proceedings of a Workshop

Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning

Soil Conservation: Assessing the National Resources Inventory

Licensing Geographic Data and Services

Weather Radar Technology Beyond Nexrad

Urban Forestry: Toward an Ecosystem Services Research Agenda: A Workshop Summary

Setting Priorities for Land Conservation

The Atmospheric Sciences: Entering the Twenty-First Century

Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields

Review of EPA’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Overall Evaluation

The Scientific Bases for Preservation of the Mariana Crow

Review of EarthScope Integrated Science

New Strategies for America’s Watersheds

Hydrologic Effects of a Changing Forest Landscape

An Assessment of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Minorities in the Chemical Workforce: Diversity Models That Work, A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable

Priorities for Coastal Ecosystem Science

Future Needs in Deep Submergence Science: Occupied and Unoccupied Vehicles in Basic Ocean Research

Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities

The Global Movement and Tracking of Chemical Manufacturing Equipment: A Workshop Summary

Animals as Sentinels of Environmental Health Hazards

Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned

Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest

The Missouri River Ecosystem: Exploring the Prospects for Recovery

Origin and Evolution of Earth: Research Questions for a Changing Planet

The Funding of Young Investigators in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections: Workshop Summary

Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals

Integrating Multiscale Observations of U.S. Waters

Improving Fish Stock Assessments

Education and Training in the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals

Low-frequency Sound and Marine Mammals: Current Knowledge and Research Needs

Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries

The Scientific and Technical Understanding of the Bering Sea Ecosystem

Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management

Safe Water from Every Tap: Improving Water Service to Small Communities

Watershed Research in the U.S. Geological Survey

Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries

Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network

Identifying Future Drinking Water Contaminants

Research Reactor Aluminum Spent Fuel: Treatment Options for Disposal

Chemistry in Primetime and Online: Communicating Chemistry in Informal Environments

Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup: Workshop Summary

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