Feedbacks are processes in the climate system that can either amplify or dampen the system’s response to changed forcings. This study looks at what is known and not known about…

Presents information about the total inhalation and ingestion risks posed by radon in public drinking water. Reflecting research and analysis mandated by 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act…

The information age is taking its toll on traditional office management techniques, where organizations have to devise a strategy for understanding how [a microcomputer’s] performance can be monitored. This book…

In its fiscal year 2002 budget summary document the Bush administration expressed concern-based in part on the findings and conclusions of two National Research Council studies-about recent trends in the…

Examines the emerging visions for e-government, the technologies required to implement them, and approaches that can be taken to accelerate innovation and the transition of innovative information technologies from the…

Presents an assessment of how NASA’s program addresses the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in Academy reports on Astrophysics. This report provides an analysis of progress toward realizing these strategies…

Describes the contributions of mathematics to the nation’s advanced technology and to economic competitiveness. This book addresses various high-technology industries and breadth of mathematical endeavors in the United States as…

Describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese scientists attribute the decline in China’s grasslands to overgrazing and excessive…