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    Committee on Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability,National Research Council

    More accurate forecasts of climate conditions over time periods of weeks to a few years could help people plan agricultural activities, mitigate drought, and manage energy resources, amongst other activities…

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    Preliminary Principles and Guidelines for Archiving Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA: Interim Report

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Archiving and Accessing Environmental and Geospatial Data at NOAA

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects and manages a wide range of environmental and geospatial data to fulfill its mission requirements. This book offers preliminary principles and guidelines…

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    Earth Observations from Space: The First 50 Years of Scientific Achievements

    Committee on Scientific Accomplishments of Earth Observations from Space,National Research Council

    Thousands of satellites have been sent into space on missions to collect data about the Earth. This book describes how the ability to view the entire globe at once, uniquely…

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    Urban Stormwater Management in the United States

    Committee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution,National Research Council

    The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into…

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    Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts Over Decades to Millennia

    Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations,National Research Council

    Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch where human activities will largely determine the evolution of Earth’s climate. Because carbon dioxide…

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    Uranium Mining in Virginia: Scientific, Technical, Environmental, Human Health and Safety, and Regulatory Aspects of Uranium Mining and Processing in Virginia

    Committee on Uranium Mining in Virginia,Committee on Earth Resources,National Research Council

    Uranium mining in the Commonwealth of Virginia has been prohibited since 1982 by a state moratorium, although approval for restricted uranium exploration in the state was granted in 2007. Uranium…

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    Exposure Science in the 21st Century: A Vision and a Strategy

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Human and Environmental Exposure Science in the 21st Century

    From the use of personal products to our consumption of food, water, and air, people are exposed to a wide array of agents each day-many with the potential to affect…

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    Interim Review of the Subsonic Assessment Project: Management, Science, and Goals

    Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

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    Developing a Research and Restoration Plan for Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Salmon

    Committee on Review of Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim (Western Alaska) Research and Restoration Plan for Salmon,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    This project was supported by Contract No. IHP-03-093 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game –T.p. verso.

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    Review of the U.S. Climate Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making

    Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    This report reviews the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s new draft assessment product on characterizing and communicating uncertainty information for climate change decision making, one of 21 climate change assessment…

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    A Review of the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency

    Committee to Review the Dose Reconstruction Program of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency,Board on Radiation Effects Research,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    In response to concerns about military personnel and civilian exposure to radiation from the US atmospheric nuclear weapons testing program of 1945-62, Congress charged an independent committee to review the…

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    Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment: Predicting Relative Contamination Potential Under Conditions of Uncertainty

    Committee for Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability,National Research Council,Water Science and Technology Board,National Academy of Sciences

    Offers: three laws of ground water vulnerability; six case studies of vulnerability assessment; guidance for selecting vulnerability assessments and using the results; reviews of the strengths and limitations of assessment…

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    Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, First Report

    Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    A report of the committee on public water supply distribution systems, which studies water quality issues associated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers. It…

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    Review of the U.S. CLIVAR Project Office

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Project Office,National Academy of Sciences

    Evaluates the performance of the US CLIVAR Project Office (PO) in fulfilling its charge from supporting agencies. This report concludes that the project office is vital for coordinating US CLIVAR…

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    Improved Seismic Monitoring, Improved Decision-Making: Assessing the Value of Reduced Uncertainty

    Committee on the Economic Benefits of Improved Seismic Monitoring,Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Describes and assesses the varied economic benefits derived from modernizing and expanding seismic monitoring activities in the United States. These benefits include more effective loss avoidance regulations and strategies, improved…

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    Managing Coal Combustion Residues in Mines

    Committee on Mine Placement of Coal Combustion Wastes,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Burning coal in electric utility plants produces, in addition to power, residues that contain constituents which may be harmful to the environment. This report discusses a variety of steps that…

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    Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Academy of Sciences

    Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. This report evaluates approaches for risk characterization and data, and it identifies a variety of strategies…

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    Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services

    Committee on Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services,Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

    Decades of evolving US policy have led to three sectors providing weather services - NOAA, academic institutions, and private companies. This book examines their roles in providing weather and climate…

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    Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration: An Assessment of the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Water Science and Technology Board,Panel to Review the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative

    The report reviews a U.S. Department of the Interior research program, finding that it provides key information to support the restoration of the Florida Everglades and to better assess the…

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    Air Quality Management in the United States

    Committee on Air Quality Management in the United States,National Research Council

    In this report, the committee examines the current state of air quality management (AQM) and ways to meet the needs of the nation in the future. They describe air pollution…

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    Emerging Workforce Trends in the U.S. Energy and Mining Industries: A Call to Action

    National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

    Energy and mineral resources are essential for the nation’s fundamental functions, its economy, and security. Nonfuel minerals are essential for the existence and operations of products that are used by…

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    Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth

    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 growing problem of changing environmental conditions caused by climate destabilization is well recognized as one of the defining issues of our time. The root problem is greenhouse gas emissions…

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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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    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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    Review of NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center

    Committee to Review NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

    The report reviews the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and assesses how well the center is managing its holdings, serving its users, and supporting NOAA’s mission. It concludes that NGDC…

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    Advancing Strategic Science: A Spatial Data Infrastructure Roadmap for the U.S. Geological Survey

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Mapping Science Committee,Committee on Spatial Data Enabling USGS Strategic Science in the 21st Century

    Science is increasingly driven by data, and spatial data underpin the science directions laid out in the 2007 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science Strategy. A robust framework of spatial data…

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    Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution in Meteorological and Topographical Problem Areas

    National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

    The regulation of carbon monoxide has been one of the great success stories in air pollution control. While more than 90 percent of the locations with carbon monoxide monitors were…

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    The Environment: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century

    Organizing Committee for the Workshop on the Environment,Committee on Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

    Assesses the state of chemistry and chemical engineering at the interface with environmental science, examines its interactions with related areas of science and technology, and identifies challenges and opportunities for…

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    Beyond Mapping: Meeting National Needs Through Enhanced Geographic Information Science

    Committee on Beyond Mapping: The Challenges of New Technologies in the Geographic Information Sciences,Mapping Science Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Geographic information systems (GIS), the Global Positioning System (GPS), remote sensing, and other information technologies have all changed the nature of work in the mapping sciences and in the professions…

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    Satellite Observations of the Earth’s Environment: Accelerating the Transition of Research to Operations

    Committee on NASA-NOAA Transition from Research to Operations,National Research Council

    This report examines the NASA-NOAA research-to-operations transition process and provides recommendations for improvements that will lead to more rapid and efficient interagency transitions.

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    Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer, A Non-Technical Summary

    Committee on the Early Detection of Breast Cancer

    X-ray mammography screening is the current mainstay for early breast cancer detection. It has been proven to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage and to reduce the number of…

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    Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Addendum to Biologic Markers in Immunotoxicology

    Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

    Use of the term multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) as a diagnostic label has generated increasing controversy as a phenomenon related to exposure to chemical agents sustained both in indoor and…

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    Assessment of the NASA Applied Sciences Program

    Committee on Extending Observations and Research Results to Practical Applications: A Review of NASA's Approach,Geographical Sciences Committee,National Research Council

    Remote sensing data and models from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are the basis for a wide spectrum of scientific research endeavors and are key inputs to many…

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    Recruiting Fishery Scientists: Workshop on Stock Assessment and Social Science Careers

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

    The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) employs many fishery scientists with diverse skills. The agency finds that the supply of fishery biologists is adequate to meet most of its demand…

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    Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin: Causes of Decline and Strategies for Recovery

    Committee on Endangered and Threatened Fishes in the Klamath River Basin,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Addresses the scientific aspects related to the survival of coho salmon and shortnose and Lost River suckers in the Klamath River. This book examines and identifies scientific information needed for…

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    Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals

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

    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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    Toward a New Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)

    Committee to Assess the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Initiative,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

    The National Weather Service (NWS) is responsible for providing flood forecasts and warnings in the United States. The agency established the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services (AHPS) program in 1997 to…

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    Oceanography and Mine Warfare

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

    Environmental information is important for successful planning and execution of naval operations. This title examines the issues such as: how environmental data are used in mine warfare doctrine, and the…

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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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    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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    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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    National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach

    Committee on National Earthquake Resilience--Research, Implementation, and Outreach,Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics,National Research Council

    The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas. Coping with moderate earthquakes is…

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    A Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s Strategic Plan

    Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program,National Research Council

    The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as global change research. Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation…

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    Forensic Analysis: Weighing Bullet Lead Evidence

    Committee on Scientific Assessment of Bullet Lead Elemental Composition Comparison,National Research Council

    Assesses the scientific validity of Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead (CABL), a forensic technique that compares the elemental composition of bullets found at a crime scene to the elemental composition…

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    Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change: Anticipating Surprises

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and Its Impacts

    Climate is changing, forced out of the range of the past million years by levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not seen in the Earth’s atmosphere for a…

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    Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques

    Committee on the Review of Existing and Potential Standoff Explosives Detection Techniques,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

    Examines the scientific techniques used as the basis for explosives detection and determines whether other techniques provide research avenues to detection protocols. This report describe the characteristics of explosives, bombs…

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    Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change

    America's Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change,National Research Council

    America’s Climate Choices project is the National Research Council’s most comprehensive study of climate change to date.

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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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