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      Elements of a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board

      National Research Council,Polar Research Board,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board,National Research Council

      Provides a framework to help the NPRB identify appropriate science themes and mechanisms for administering and distributing the funds. This book contains extensive input from residents of Alaskan communities, to…

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      Final Comments on the Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board

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      The North Pacific Research Board called on the National Academies to develop a comprehensive long range science plan pertaining to its research activities. A National Academies committee worked to understand…

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      A Review of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy

      Committee to Review the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology's Research Priorities Plan,National Research Council

      The National Research Council convened a committee to review the draft and final versions of the Ocean Research Priorities Plan and Implementation Strategy. This title contains the committee’s review of…

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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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      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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      Assessment of a Plan for U.S. Participation in Euclid

      Committee on the Assessment of a Plan for U.S. Participation in Euclid,National Research Council,National Academies

      NASA proposed to make a hardware contribution to the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid mission in exchange for U.S. membership on the Euclid Science Team and science data access. The…

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      A Geospatial Framework for the Coastal Zone: National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting

      Committee on National Needs for Coastal Mapping and Charting,Mapping Science Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The coastal zone is of enormous importance to a nation’s well-being. This book identifies and suggests mechanisms for addressing the needs for spatial information in the coastal zone. It also…

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      Margins: A Research Initiative for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Processes Attending Lithospheric Extension and Convergence

      Continental Margins Committee,Ocean Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Focusing on continental margins, this book provides an account of a meeting, which brought together specialists in marine and terrestrial geology, geochemistry, and geophysics. Results of the workshop show that…

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      Review of USGCRP Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle

      Committee on a Review of A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      In 2001, the U.S. Global Change Research Program produced the report A Plan for a New Science Initiative on the Global Water Cycle. This report was designed to represent a…

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      A Scientific Assessment of Alternatives for Reducing Water Management Effects on Threatened and Endangered Fishes in California’s Bay Delta

      Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta,National Research Council

      California’s Bay-Delta estuary is a biologically diverse estuarine ecosystem that plays a central role in the distribution of California’s water from the state’s wetter northern regions to its southern, arid…

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      Regional Issues in Aquifer Storage and Recovery for Everglades Restoration: A Review of the ASR Regional Study Project Management Plan of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan

      Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The report reviews a comprehensive research plan on Everglades restoration drafted by federal and Florida officials that assesses a central feature of the restoration: a proposal to drill more than…

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      Improving the Scientific Foundation for Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Simulations: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Challenges in Representing Physical Processes in Coupled Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Models,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The National Academies’ Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) held a workshop to explore and evaluate efforts to model physical processes of coupled atmosphere-land-ocean (A-L-O) models. During the workshop…

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      Aquifer Storage and Recovery in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan: A Critique of the Pilot Projects and Related Plans for Asr in the Lake Okeechobee and Western Hillsboro Areas

      Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is a process by which water is recharged through wells to an aquifer and extracted for beneficial use at some later time from the same…

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      U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Planning: A New Opportunity for Service

      Coordinating Committee,Committee to Assess the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Methods of Analysis and Peer Review for Water Resources Project Planning,Water Science and Technology Board,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      From the Executive Summary: There are some concerns that the current Corps planning and construction budget has not kept pace with expanding national water management needs for flood hazard management…

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      A Strategic Vision for NSF Investments in Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on the Development of a Strategic Vision for the U.S. Antarctic Program

      Antarctic and Southern Ocean scientific research has produced a wide array of important and exciting scientific advances. Spanning oceanography to tectonics, microbiology to astrophysics, the extreme Antarctic environment provides unique…

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      Mid-Term Assessment of Progress on the 2015 Strategic Vision for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Polar Research Board,Committee on a Mid-Term Assessment of NSF Progress on the 2015 Strategic Vision for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Research

      The Antarctic’s unique environment and position on the globe make it a prime location to gain insights into how Earth and the universe operate. This report assesses National Science Foundation…

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