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A Review of the Use of Science and Adaptive Management in California''s Draft Bay Delta Conservation Plan
Division on Earth and Life StudiesCurrent price €25.58Original price €27.50The San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary is a large, complex estuarine ecosystem in California. It has been substantially altered by dikes, levees, chan...
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Precise Geodetic Infrastructure: National Requirements for a Shared Resource
Board on Earth Sciences & ResourcesCurrent price €62.09Original price €68.99Geodesy is the science of accurately measuring and understanding three fundamental properties of Earth: its geometric shape, its orientation in spa...
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Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research: A Community Workshop Report
Board on Earth Sciences & Resources€38.99As geological threats become more imminent, society must make a major commitment to increase the resilience of its communities, infrastructure, and...
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Climate Stabilization Targets: Emissions, Concentrations, and Impacts over Decades to Millennia
Board on Atmospheric Sciences and ClimateCurrent price €63.64Original price €66.99Emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels have ushered in a new epoch where human activities will largely determine the evolutio...
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A All-of-Government Approach to Increase Resilience for International Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Events: Workshop Summary
and Explosive (CBRNE) Events: A Workshop SummaryCurrent price €41.39Original price €44.99Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosive (CBRNE) events have the potential to destabilize governments, create conditio...
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Advancing the Science of Climate Change
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate ChangeCurrent price €49.39Original price €51.99Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks forand in many cases is already affectinga broad ra...
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Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward
Board on Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCurrent price €67.44Original price €70.99Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management's ove...
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Transforming Glycoscience: A Roadmap for the Future
Board on Chemical Sciences and TechnologyCurrent price €44.64Original price €46.99A new focus on glycoscience, a field that explores the structures and functions of sugars, promises great advances in areas as diverse as medicine,...
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Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential: An International Faculty Development Project on Education About the Responsible Conduct of Science
Bibliotheca AlexandrinaCurrent price €28.49Original price €29.99In many countries, colleges and universities are where the majority of innovative research is done; in all cases, they are where future scientists ...
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Assessing Risks to Endangered and Threatened Species from Pesticides
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €53.19Original price €55.99The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are responsible for protecting species that are listed as e...
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Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels in the United States
Board on Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCurrent price €60.29Original price €66.99Biofuels made from algae are gaining attention as a domestic source of renewable fuel. However, with current technologies, scaling up production of...
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The Potential Consequences of Public Release of Food Safety and Inspection Service Establishment-Specific Data
Board on Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCurrent price €42.74Original price €44.99The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the regulatory agency in the US Department of Agriculture that is responsible for ensuring that me...
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Approaches for Ecosystem Services Valuation for the Gulf of Mexico After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Interim Report
Committee on the Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Mississippi Canyon-252 Oil Spill on Ecosystem Services in the Gulf of MexicoCurrent price €48.44Original price €50.99On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon platform drilling the Macondo well in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 (DWH) exploded, killing 11 workers and ...
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Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine
Board on Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCurrent price €56.69Original price €62.99The U.S. veterinary medical profession contributes to society in diverse ways, from developing drugs and protecting the food supply to treating com...
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Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 14
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €56.99Original price €59.99Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs) can be released accidentally as a result of result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accid...
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Determining Core Capabilities in Chemical and Biological Defense Science and Technology
Board on Chemical Sciences and TechnologyCurrent price €41.35Original price €46.99The goal of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP) is to provide support and world-class capabilit...
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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €54.14Original price €56.99Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades...
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Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures: Workshop Reports
Committee on Tracking Radiation Doses from Medical Diagnostic ProceduresCurrent price €37.99Original price €39.99The growing use of medical diagnostic procedures is correlated with tremendous and undeniable benefits in the care of most patients. However, it is...
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Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 11
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €48.44Original price €50.99At the request of the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Research Council has reviewed the relevant scient...
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Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies
Board on Earth and Sciences and ResourcesCurrent price €53.12Original price €63.24In the past several years, some energy technologies that inject or extract fluid from the Earth, such as oil and gas development and geothermal ene...
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Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Selected Airborne Chemicals: Volume 10
Board on Environmental Studies and ToxicologyCurrent price €64.59Original price €67.99Extremely hazardous substances (EHSs)² can be released accidentally as a result of chemical spills, industrial explosions, fires, or accidents invo...
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