Despite the growing use of nuclear medicine, the potential expansion of nuclear power generation, and the need to protect the nation against nuclear threats, the number of students studying nuclear and radiochemistry has decreased significantly in recent years. Now, with many experts in these topics approaching retirement age, action is needed to avoid a workforce gap. Please submit your questions about the report to the committee chair, Dr. C. Bradley Moore.
Do you have questions about the new Water Reuse report? Visit the online Q & A forum to submit them to the Chair of the report’s authoring committee, Dr. Rhodes Trussell. Dr. Trussell is a recognized authority on methods and criteria for assessing water quality and developing advanced processes for treating wastewater.
The National Research Council released the final report in the America's Climate Choices series on May 12. The new report brings together findings from the four panel reports and emphasizes the need for immediate, substantial action to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare for its impacts. In addition to this info on the final report, five videos about the study and its findings are available here.
For even more info on ocean acidification, check out this new website bringing together the division's many related resources. You'll find our booklet, info on the original report, figures for download, and interviews with researchers involved in producing the report.
Restoring the Chesapeake Bay will require efforts to reduce nutrient and sediment inputs–from sources such as agriculture, wastewater, and air pollution–to the Bay watershed.
This report identifies major research questions that will drive ocean science over the next two decades and sets out critical investments in ocean infrastructure -- such as ships, sensors, data systems and supporting facilities -- needed to support ocean research through 2030.
Outbreaks of foodborne illness caused by ground beef have made headlines in the past few years—but it’s likely that many of these illnesses could be avoided by using safe food handling practices. This factsheet explains the dangers of ground beef and outlines how to make sure it is safe to eat.
Reflecting recent scientific developments and new regulations, a new edition of Prudent Practices in the Laboratory provides updated guidelines for the safe handling, storage and disposal of hazardous chemicals in the laboratory. Read more in this 4-page report-in-brief.
For many of its reports, the division produces 4-page “briefs” that make it easy to find out about the report’s main findings and conclusions. The Report in Brief series offers the complete set of those briefs for the years 2002-2010. The sets are being offered FREE through July 2011.
In March, the Disasters Roundtable hosted a workshop to identify, clarify, and transfer knowledge from the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile to reduce risk in future earthquake disasters. Watch videos and download presentations from that workshop here.
The burning of fossil fuels has ushered in a new epoch, known as the Anthropocene, in which humans will largely determine the future of Earth's climate system. This finding and more in a new, free booklet based on a 2011 report.
It is not possible to reach a definitive conclusion about the origins of the Bacillus anthracis used in the 2001 anthrax mailings based on the available scientific evidence alone, this National Research Council report finds.
This educational resource illuminates biosecurity, the challenge of moving the life sciences forward while reducing the risk that some tools and technologies could also be used to do harm. Request a free booklet.
- Nuclear and Radiochemistry Expertise
- Methyl Isocyanate
- Urban Meteorology
- International Polar Year
- Analysis of Cancer Risks
- California Bay Delta
- Water Quality Standards in Florida
- Fort Detrick
- International Science at the USGS
- Hydrologic Sciences
Nanomaterials- Earth Science Research
- Water Reuse Q & A
- Water Reuse
- Bioinspired Energy
- Review of USGCRP Plan
- Uranium Mining in VA
- Mycoherbicides
- Food Safety Data
- Toward Precision Medicine
- Deepwater Horizon Spill
- Scientific Ocean Drilling
- National Weather Service
- Renewable Fuel Standard
- Health Impact Assessments
- Future Science in Antarctica
- Ocean Color Research
- Communicating Chemistry
- Ballast Water Regulation
- ILAR Journal
- Fish and Shrimp Nutrition
- America's Climate Choices
- Ocean Acidification Booklet
- New Ocean Acidification Website
- Special Immunizations Program
- Gulf of Mexico Recovery
- FDA Decision-Making
- Climate and Polar Ecosystems
- California Bay Delta Report
- New Chesapeake Bay Report
- New Ocean Research Report
- Safe Ground Beef Fact Sheet
- Laboratory Practices
- Report in Brief Series
- Haiti & Chile Earthquake Workshop
- Warming World: Impacts by Degree
- FBI Anthrax Case
- Biosecurity Booklet
 The division produces 60-70 authoritative, expert reports per year. What makes National Academy of Science Reports unique? Reports from the Academy are special because they are produced by committees of experts and are subject to a rigorous, independent peer review. The reports these committees produce carry the endorsement of the Academy. Read more about our expert consensus reports here. You can also take a look at materials based on our reports, from brief summaries to digital image and video collections, on our Materials Based on Reports page. |
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At any given time, dozens of studies are underway to address specific issues in Earth & Life Studies that will lead to reports. These studies range in scope and length: some rapidly address questions to meet immediate decision making needs (for example, one report on why New Orleans' levees failed in Hurricane Katrina was absolutely necessary before the next hurricane season), while others deal with broader or ongoing issues and can span a number of years (as in the case of an ongoing review of efforts to restore the Everglades).
