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      Hydrologic Hazards Science at the U.S. Geological Survey

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

      Losses of life and property in the United States-and throughout the world-resulting from hydrologic hazards, including floods, droughts, and related phenomena, are significant and increasing. Public awareness of, and federal…

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      Future Water Priorities for the Nation: Directions for the U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Future Water Resource Needs for the Nation: Water Science and Research at the U.S. Geological Survey

      Solving problems related to use of water resources will be of paramount importance in coming decades as increasing pressure from growing populations, climate change, extreme weather, and aging water-related infrastructure…

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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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      River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Rivers provide about 60 percent of the nation’s drinking water and irrigation water and 10 percent of the nation’s electric power needs. The multiple and sometimes incompatible services demanded of…

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      Opportunities to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program

      Committee to Improve the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      With this report, the NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board has provided advice to USGS regarding NAWQA five separate times as the program evolved from an unfunded concept to a…

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      International Science in the National Interest at the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on Opportunities and Challenges for International Science at the U.S. Geological Survey,National Research Council

      Science at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is intrinsically global, and from early in its history, the USGS has successfully carried out international projects that serve U.S. national interests and…

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      Toward a Sustainable and Secure Water Future: A Leadership Role for the U.S. Geological Survey

      Committee on Water Resources Activities,National Research Council

      Water is our most fundamental natural resource, a resource that is limited. Challenges to our nation’s water resources continue to grow, driven by population growth, ecological needs, climate change, and…

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      Science for Decisionmaking: Coastal and Marine Geology at the U.S. Geological Survey

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee to Review the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program

      The coastlines of the United States are beautiful places to live, work and play. But, they are also very fragile areas whose ecosystems are vulnerable to mismanagement. There are many…

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      Weaving a National Map: A Review of the U.S. Geological Survey Concept of ‘The National Map

      Committee to Review the U.S. Geological Survey Concept of The National Map,Mapping Science Committee,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Although America relies on the US Geological Survey for maps that define how people vote, what resources they get, and where they live, many of those maps are out of…

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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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