Author: U.S. Global Change Research Program.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Our Changing Planet, the FY ... Research Plan
Author: U.S. Global Change Research Program.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Our Changing Planet : the FY 1990 Research Plan
Author: Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology. Committee on Earth SciencesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Our Changing Planet
Author: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Climatic changes
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Our Changing Planet
Author: Adaptive Governance and Climate Change
Author: Ronald BrunnerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 193570401X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
As greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures at the poles continue to rise, so do damages from extreme weather events affecting countless lives. Meanwhile, ambitious international efforts to cut emissions (Kyoto, Copenhagen) have proved to be politically ineffective or infeasible. There is hope, however, in adaptive governance—an approach that has succeeded in some local communities and can be undertaken by others around the globe. This book provides a political and historical analysis of climate change policy; shows how adaptive governance has worked on the ground in Barrow, Alaska, and other local communities; and makes the case for adaptive governance as a complementary approach in the climate change regime.
Global Ocean Science
Author: Committee on Major U.S. Oceanographic Research ProgramsPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309593433
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
During recent years, large-scale investigations into global climate change and other highly visible issues have taken the lion's share of declining research funds. At the same time, funding for basic research in such core disciplines as physical oceanography, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, and marine geology has dwindled. Global Ocean Science examines how the largest U.S. ocean research programs, such as the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) and the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), have significantly contributed to our understanding of the oceans. The book examines the impact of these programs on research, education, and collegiality within this diverse scientific community and offers recommendations to help ensure a vital future for ocean science, including: Specific results of the programs such as data collected, conceptual breakthroughs, information published, demonstrable use of program products, incorporation of new knowledge into education, and contribution to policymaking and decisionmaking by federal agencies. Mechanisms for efficiently identifying knowledge gaps and research questions, strategic planning of research programs, managing competitive proposals, securing needed resources, and more. This practical book will be welcomed by ocean investigators, users of oceanographic research findings, policymakers, administrators, educators, and students.
Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309455049
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency program, established by the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, mandated by Congress to "assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change". Since the USGCRP began, scientific understanding of global change has increased and the information needs of the nation have changed dramatically. A better understanding of what is changing and why can help decision makers in the public and private sectors cope with ongoing change. Accomplishments of the U.S. Global Change Research Program highlights the growth of global change science in the quarter century that the USGCRP has been in existence, and documents some of its contributions to that growth through its primary functions of interagency planning and coordination, and of synthesis of research and practice to inform decision making.
Global Ocean Science
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030906564X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
During recent years, large-scale investigations into global climate change and other highly visible issues have taken the lion's share of declining research funds. At the same time, funding for basic research in such core disciplines as physical oceanography, biological oceanography, chemical oceanography, and marine geology has dwindled. Global Ocean Science examines how the largest U.S. ocean research programs, such as the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) and the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS), have significantly contributed to our understanding of the oceans. The book examines the impact of these programs on research, education, and collegiality within this diverse scientific community and offers recommendations to help ensure a vital future for ocean science, including: Specific results of the programs such as data collected, conceptual breakthroughs, information published, demonstrable use of program products, incorporation of new knowledge into education, and contribution to policymaking and decisionmaking by federal agencies. Mechanisms for efficiently identifying knowledge gaps and research questions, strategic planning of research programs, managing competitive proposals, securing needed resources, and more. This practical book will be welcomed by ocean investigators, users of oceanographic research findings, policymakers, administrators, educators, and students.
Fiscal Year 1996 NASA Authorization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and AeronauticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 748
Book Description
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Global Change Research and NASA's Earth Observing System
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Global temperature changes
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description