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A SAMPLING OF BENCHMARK REPORTS AND RESEARCH AGENDAS The following documents are illustrative examples of the wide range of reports that have helped set the national and international research and policy agendas in each of the disciplines they encompass. Each is a synthesis document based on a massive body of literature on global change and sustainability produced by both the NRC (see section C)
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Clean Coastal Waters: Understanding anG! Red~ci7'g the Elects of N~t7~ent PoiZ~tion, National Research Council, 2000 Explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enuchment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and .
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Oudines THDP's role as an international interdisciplinary science program dedicated to promoting and coordinating research aimed at describing, analyzing, and understanding the human dimensions of global environmental change. linki~zg Science and Technology to Sorze~y's En~zronme''tal Goals, National Research Council, ~ 996 Provides current thinking and answers to the questions: Where should the United States focus its long-term efforts to improve the nation's environment?
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Oudines a major international program to describe and understand the interactive physical, chemical, and biological processes that regulate the total earth system, the unique environment that it provides for life, the changes that are occurring in this system, and the manner in which they are influenced by human actions. WorIdin Transiilon: The Research Challenge, German Advisory Council on Global Change, 1997 Identifies alternatives for restructuring the research landscape, focusing primary on a new "syndrome approach" for global change research.
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, 1995 Prospectsfor Extending the Range of Prediction of the GlobalAtmosphere, 1991 Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change, 2000 Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and RegionalAirPoll~tion, 1991 SolarInflz~ences on Global Change, 1994 The Atmospheric Sciences Entering the Tweny-First Century, 1998 The Department of Ene~y's Atmospheric Chemistry Program: A CriticalReviem, 1991 Tomard A New National Weather Service, Second Report, 1992 Understanding and Predicting Atmospheric Chemical Change: An Imperativefor the U.S. Global Change Research Program, 1993 Behavioral, Health, and Social Dimensions Building a Fonndationfor Environmental Research, 1997 Confronting C6mate Change: Strategiesfor Energy Research and Development, 1990 Ejects of Past Global Change on Life, 1995 Environ7~entaly Significant Consumption: Research Directions, 1997 GlobalEnvironmental Change: Understanding Human Dimensions, 1992 Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Research Path~aysfor the Next Decade, 1999 Human Expos~reAssessmentforAirborne Pollutants: Advances and Opportunities, 1991 ~ inking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals, 1996 Making Climate Forecasts Matter, 1999 People and Pixels: Linking Remote Sensing and Social Sciences, 1998 Poby Implications of Greenhouse Warning: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Science Base, 1992 Science Prioritiesfor the Human Dimensions of Global Change, 1994 Technological Trajectones and the Human Environment, 1997 Understanding Risk.
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GeologicalS~'vey, 1999 Hydrologic Science Przoriilesfor~he U.S. Global Change Research Program: An InitialAssessmeni, 1999 Hydrologic Sczences: Taking Stock and Ahead, 1998 Iden~igyingF~reDrznkingWa~erContaminan~s,1999 Innovations in Ground Water and Soil Cleans, 1997 Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainy, 1991 Meeting the Challenges of Megacities in the Developing World, 1998 Mexico Ci9's Water Supp§: Improving the O~tlookforSustainabib9, 1995 NemS'rategiesfor~nenca's Watersheds, 1999 Nitrate and Nitrite in Dnnking Water, 1995 Opport~nit~ies in the Hydrological Sciences, 1991 Regional Hydrology and the USGS Stream Gaging Network, 1992 Safe Waterfrom Every Tap: Improving Water Service to Small Communities, 1996 Setting Prioriiiesfor Drinking Water Cont~s, 1998 The GEWEX Continen~alScale InternailonalProje~ (GaP9:~ Review of Progress and Oppor¢~ni~ies, 1998 The GEWEX Global Water V~orProje~ (GVaP9: U.S.
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Global Change Research Program, Letter Report, 1996 AnAssessme~ of ~heAtlan~ic Bl~e~n Tuna, 1998 Aq~ac~l7~re and Schistosomiasis, 1992 Assigning Economic Value to Natural Resources, 1994 Designing anAg~zc~l7~ral Genome Program, 1998 Dolphins and~heT~naInd~sty, 1992 Ecological) Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a Nem Cent~,y, 1996 Finding the Forestin the Trees: The Challenge of Combining Diverse Environmental Data, 1995 Forested J~ndscapes in Perspective: Prospects and Oppo~ni~ies for Sustainable Management of America 's Nonfederal Forests, 1997 Green Tech-Knomledgey: Info~na~ion and Knowledge SystemsforImproving Environmental Efficiencies, 1999 Improving Fish Stock Assessments, 1998 Improving the Management of U.S.
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Bibliograp/'y UntlerstandingManne Biodi? >ersi9:A Research Agendafor~he Nation, 1995 ~Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries, 1995 19
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