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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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      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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      Exploration of the Seas: Voyage into the Unknown

      Committee on Exploration of the Seas,National Research Council

      Assesses the feasibility of implementing a major, coordinated, international program of ocean exploration and discovery. This book surveys national and international ocean programs and strategies for cooperation between governments, institutions…

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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 Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident: Summary of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

      The Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident summarizes the presentations and discussions of the May 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium titled The Science and Response to a Nuclear…

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

      Committee on Responsibilities of Authorship in the Biological Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,National Research Council

      Biologists communicate to the research community and document their scientific accomplishments by publishing in scholarly journals. This report explores the responsibilities of authors to share data, software, and materials related…

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      Living on an Active Earth: Perspectives on Earthquake Science

      Committee on the Science of Earthquakes,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      This text describes the growth and origins of earthquake science, and identifies research and data collection efforts that will strengthen the scientific and social contributions of this new discipline.

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      The Astrophysical Context of Life

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

      The Space Studies Board requested the Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life, to examine ways to augment and integrate astronomy and astrophysics into the Astrobiology program. This report…

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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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      GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate: A Program of Observation, Modeling and Analysis

      Climate Research Committee,National Research Council

      Lays out a science plan for a major, international, 15-year research program. There have been significant progress in studies of short-term climate variations, in particular for the region of the…

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

      Committee on Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences,National Research Council

      In cooperation with IAP: The Global Network of Science Academies, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International Union of Microbiological Societies, Polish Academy of Sciences.

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      Spills of Emulisfied Fuels

      Ocean Studies Board

      Spills of Emulsified Fuels: Risks and Response is part of an evolving body of work conducted by the National Research Council (NRC) to help inform debate and decision-making regarding the…

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      Animals for Research: A Directory of Sources, Tenth Edition and Supplement

      Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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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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      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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      Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales

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

      Reflects the state of scientific knowledge about natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales. This volume covers a range of subjects, including the characteristics of the atmosphere and ocean environments…

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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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      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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      The New Science of Metagenomics: Revealing the Secrets of Our Microbial Planet

      Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications,National Research Council

      Although we can’t usually see them, microbes are essential for every part of human life – indeed all life on Earth. The emerging field of metagenomics offers a new way…

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      Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleanup: From Concept to Commercialization

      Committee on Innovative Remediation Technologies,National Research Council

      Focuses on the failure of regulatory policy to link cleanup with the financial interests of the company responsible for the contamination. This volume explores how to evaluate the performance of…

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      Proliferation Risk in Nuclear Fuel Cycles: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council

      The worldwide expansion of nuclear energy has been accompanied by concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation. If sited in states that do not possess nuclear weapons technology, some civilian nuclear technologies…

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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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      Reducing the Time from Basic Research to Innovation in the Chemical Sciences: 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

      Innovation, the process by which fundamental research becomes a commercial product, is increasingly important in the chemical sciences and is changing the nature of research and development efforts in the…

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      Applications of Analytical Chemistry to Oceanic Carbon Cycle Studies

      Committee on Oceanic Carbon,Ocean Studies Board,National Research Council

      Describes the chemical parameters that must be measured in the ocean in order to improve understanding of the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle, and recommends technologies of analytical…

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      Opportunities and Priorities in Arctic Geoscience

      Committee on Arctic Solid-Earth Geosciences,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Recommends that the Arctic Ocean basin and its margins be the focus of a research program in three stages of study based on selected criteria: geologic framework and tectonic evolution…

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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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      Neon: Addressing the Nation’s Environmental Challenges

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on the National Ecological Observatory Network,National Academy of Sciences

      Endorses the National Science Foundation’s concept of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for providing a nationwide network of facilities and infrastructure for ecological and environmental research that is impossible…

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      New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences

      Committee on New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation,National Research Council

      Identifies new and emerging research opportunities in the earth sciences over the next decade, including surface and deep earth processes and interdisciplinary research with fields such as ocean and atmospheric…

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      Convergence: Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Beyond

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on Key Challenge Areas for Convergence and Health

      Convergence of the life sciences with fields including physical, chemical, mathematical, computational, engineering, and social sciences is a key strategy to tackle complex challenges and achieve new and innovative solutions…

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      Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

      Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay,National Research Council

      Disc contains appendixes D through G from the text.

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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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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      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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