Abrupt impacts of climate change : anticipating surprises / / Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and its Impacts, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.73874 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Social aspects
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects Climatic changes - Research - United States Earth sciences - Research - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-309-28774-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Abrupt Changes of Primary Concern""; ""3 Areas of Concern for Humans from Abrupt Changes""; ""4 The Way Forward""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464855403321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013] | ||
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Abrupt impacts of climate change : anticipating surprises / / Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and its Impacts, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.73874 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Social aspects
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects Climatic changes - Research - United States Earth sciences - Research - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-28776-6
0-309-28774-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Abrupt Changes of Primary Concern""; ""3 Areas of Concern for Humans from Abrupt Changes""; ""4 The Way Forward""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789364803321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013] | ||
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Abrupt impacts of climate change : anticipating surprises / / Committee on Understanding and Monitoring Abrupt Climate Change and its Impacts, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.73874 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Social aspects
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects Climatic changes - Research - United States Earth sciences - Research - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-28776-6
0-309-28774-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Abrupt Changes of Primary Concern""; ""3 Areas of Concern for Humans from Abrupt Changes""; ""4 The Way Forward""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820759103321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2013] | ||
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An assessment of balance in NASA's science programs [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on an Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.40973 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics - Research - United States
Heliosphere (Astrophysics) - Research - United States Astronautics - Research - United States Exobiology - Research - United States Earth sciences - Research - United States Reduced gravity environments - Research - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-50670-9
9786610506705 0-309-66129-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Front matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Health of the Discipline Programs""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations""; ""A Statement of Task""; ""B Meeting Agenda""; ""C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""D Acronyms and Abbreviations"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452081403321 |
Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006 | ||
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An assessment of balance in NASA's science programs [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on an Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.40973 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics - Research - United States
Heliosphere (Astrophysics) - Research - United States Astronautics - Research - United States Exobiology - Research - United States Earth sciences - Research - United States Reduced gravity environments - Research - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-18088-0
1-280-50670-9 9786610506705 0-309-66129-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Front matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Health of the Discipline Programs""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations""; ""A Statement of Task""; ""B Meeting Agenda""; ""C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""D Acronyms and Abbreviations"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777641203321 |
Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006 | ||
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An assessment of balance in NASA's science programs / / Committee on an Assessment of Balance in NASA's Science Programs, Space Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (57 p.) |
Disciplina | 629.40973 |
Soggetto topico |
Astrophysics - Research - United States
Heliosphere (Astrophysics) - Research - United States Astronautics - Research - United States Exobiology - Research - United States Earth sciences - Research - United States Reduced gravity environments - Research - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-18088-0
1-280-50670-9 9786610506705 0-309-66129-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Front matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Health of the Discipline Programs""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations""; ""A Statement of Task""; ""B Meeting Agenda""; ""C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""; ""D Acronyms and Abbreviations"" |
Altri titoli varianti | Assessment of balance in National Aeronautics and Space Administration's science programs |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815021803321 |
Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Basic research opportunities in earth science [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 550/.7/2073 |
Soggetto topico | Earth sciences - Research - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-18539-2
9786610185399 0-309-56988-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""BASIC RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN Earth Science""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""OPPORTUNITIES FOR BASIC RESEARCH""; ""PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Long-Term Support of Investigator-Driven Science""; ""Mechanisms for Multidisciplinary Research""; ""Instrumentation and Facilities""; ""Education""; ""PARTNERSHIPS IN EARTH SCIENCE""; ""REQUIRED RESOURCES""; ""1 Basic Earth Science and Society ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Role of the National Science Foundation""; ""Organization of the Report""
""APPLICATIONS OF BASIC EARTH SCIENCE TO NATIONAL PROBLEMS""""Natural Resources""; ""Energy""; ""Minerals and Other Raw Materials""; ""Water""; ""Soil""; ""Natural Hazards""; ""Geoscience-Based Engineering""; ""The Environment""; ""National Defense and Global Security""; ""THE AGENDA FOR BASIC RESEARCH""; ""Reading the Record of Terrestrial Change and Extreme Events""; ""Observing the Active Earth""; ""2 Science Opportunities ""; ""THE CRITICAL ZONE: EARTH�S NEAR-SURFACE ENVIRONMENT""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Global Climate Change and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle"" ""The Interactions of Life, Water, and Minerals""""The Land-Ocean Interface""; ""Tectonics, Climate, and Weathering""; ""Earth History""; ""New Tools and Observations""; ""Need for Coordinated Field Work and Integrated Modeling""; ""GEOBIOLOGY""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Climate Studies""; ""Biological Controls on Earth Chemistry""; ""Molecular Geobiology""; ""Evolutionary Innovations""; ""Environmental and Ecological Dynamics""; ""New Tools and Capabilities""; ""Science Goals and Challenges""; ""EARTH AND PLANETARY MATERIALS""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Science Opportunities"" ""Development of Intense Neutron Beams and Other Powerful New Probes of Material Properties""""Retrieval of Samples From Other Planets, Interplanetary Space, and Comets""; ""Application of Molecular Biology to Earth Materials""; ""Long-Term Observations in Natural Laboratories""; ""THE CONTINENTS""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Surface Processes, Climate, and Tectonics""; ""Active Deformation""; ""Fluids in the Crust""; ""Lower Continental Crust""; ""Continental Deep Structure""; ""EarthScope�A Major Initiative""; ""DEEP INTERIOR""; ""Major Areas of Investigation"" ""Mantle Convection and Geochemical Reservoirs""""The Core-Mantle Boundary (CMB)""; ""The Core Dynamo and Magnetic Field""; ""Inner Core""; ""Disciplinary Advances""; ""Seismology""; ""Geomagnetic Studies""; ""Geochemistry Studies""; ""High-Pressure Studies of Earth Materials""; ""THE PLANETS""; ""Promise of Planetary Exploration""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Analytical Challenges""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations ""; ""LONG-TERM SUPPORT OF INVESTIGATOR-DRIVEN SCIENCE""; ""Geobiology""; ""Earth and Planetary Materials""; ""Hydrology, Geology, and the Critical Zone""; ""Hydrology"" ""Geology"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455656603321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Basic research opportunities in earth science [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 550/.7/2073 |
Soggetto topico | Earth sciences - Research - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-17150-4
1-280-18539-2 9786610185399 0-309-56988-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""BASIC RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN Earth Science""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""OPPORTUNITIES FOR BASIC RESEARCH""; ""PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Long-Term Support of Investigator-Driven Science""; ""Mechanisms for Multidisciplinary Research""; ""Instrumentation and Facilities""; ""Education""; ""PARTNERSHIPS IN EARTH SCIENCE""; ""REQUIRED RESOURCES""; ""1 Basic Earth Science and Society ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Role of the National Science Foundation""; ""Organization of the Report""
""APPLICATIONS OF BASIC EARTH SCIENCE TO NATIONAL PROBLEMS""""Natural Resources""; ""Energy""; ""Minerals and Other Raw Materials""; ""Water""; ""Soil""; ""Natural Hazards""; ""Geoscience-Based Engineering""; ""The Environment""; ""National Defense and Global Security""; ""THE AGENDA FOR BASIC RESEARCH""; ""Reading the Record of Terrestrial Change and Extreme Events""; ""Observing the Active Earth""; ""2 Science Opportunities ""; ""THE CRITICAL ZONE: EARTH�S NEAR-SURFACE ENVIRONMENT""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Global Climate Change and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle"" ""The Interactions of Life, Water, and Minerals""""The Land-Ocean Interface""; ""Tectonics, Climate, and Weathering""; ""Earth History""; ""New Tools and Observations""; ""Need for Coordinated Field Work and Integrated Modeling""; ""GEOBIOLOGY""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Climate Studies""; ""Biological Controls on Earth Chemistry""; ""Molecular Geobiology""; ""Evolutionary Innovations""; ""Environmental and Ecological Dynamics""; ""New Tools and Capabilities""; ""Science Goals and Challenges""; ""EARTH AND PLANETARY MATERIALS""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Science Opportunities"" ""Development of Intense Neutron Beams and Other Powerful New Probes of Material Properties""""Retrieval of Samples From Other Planets, Interplanetary Space, and Comets""; ""Application of Molecular Biology to Earth Materials""; ""Long-Term Observations in Natural Laboratories""; ""THE CONTINENTS""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Surface Processes, Climate, and Tectonics""; ""Active Deformation""; ""Fluids in the Crust""; ""Lower Continental Crust""; ""Continental Deep Structure""; ""EarthScope�A Major Initiative""; ""DEEP INTERIOR""; ""Major Areas of Investigation"" ""Mantle Convection and Geochemical Reservoirs""""The Core-Mantle Boundary (CMB)""; ""The Core Dynamo and Magnetic Field""; ""Inner Core""; ""Disciplinary Advances""; ""Seismology""; ""Geomagnetic Studies""; ""Geochemistry Studies""; ""High-Pressure Studies of Earth Materials""; ""THE PLANETS""; ""Promise of Planetary Exploration""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Analytical Challenges""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations ""; ""LONG-TERM SUPPORT OF INVESTIGATOR-DRIVEN SCIENCE""; ""Geobiology""; ""Earth and Planetary Materials""; ""Hydrology, Geology, and the Critical Zone""; ""Hydrology"" ""Geology"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778634903321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Basic research opportunities in earth science / / Committee on Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
Disciplina | 550/.7/2073 |
Soggetto topico | Earth sciences - Research - United States |
ISBN |
0-309-17150-4
1-280-18539-2 9786610185399 0-309-56988-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""BASIC RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN Earth Science""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""OPPORTUNITIES FOR BASIC RESEARCH""; ""PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Long-Term Support of Investigator-Driven Science""; ""Mechanisms for Multidisciplinary Research""; ""Instrumentation and Facilities""; ""Education""; ""PARTNERSHIPS IN EARTH SCIENCE""; ""REQUIRED RESOURCES""; ""1 Basic Earth Science and Society ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Role of the National Science Foundation""; ""Organization of the Report""
""APPLICATIONS OF BASIC EARTH SCIENCE TO NATIONAL PROBLEMS""""Natural Resources""; ""Energy""; ""Minerals and Other Raw Materials""; ""Water""; ""Soil""; ""Natural Hazards""; ""Geoscience-Based Engineering""; ""The Environment""; ""National Defense and Global Security""; ""THE AGENDA FOR BASIC RESEARCH""; ""Reading the Record of Terrestrial Change and Extreme Events""; ""Observing the Active Earth""; ""2 Science Opportunities ""; ""THE CRITICAL ZONE: EARTH�S NEAR-SURFACE ENVIRONMENT""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Global Climate Change and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle"" ""The Interactions of Life, Water, and Minerals""""The Land-Ocean Interface""; ""Tectonics, Climate, and Weathering""; ""Earth History""; ""New Tools and Observations""; ""Need for Coordinated Field Work and Integrated Modeling""; ""GEOBIOLOGY""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Climate Studies""; ""Biological Controls on Earth Chemistry""; ""Molecular Geobiology""; ""Evolutionary Innovations""; ""Environmental and Ecological Dynamics""; ""New Tools and Capabilities""; ""Science Goals and Challenges""; ""EARTH AND PLANETARY MATERIALS""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Science Opportunities"" ""Development of Intense Neutron Beams and Other Powerful New Probes of Material Properties""""Retrieval of Samples From Other Planets, Interplanetary Space, and Comets""; ""Application of Molecular Biology to Earth Materials""; ""Long-Term Observations in Natural Laboratories""; ""THE CONTINENTS""; ""Recent Advances""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Surface Processes, Climate, and Tectonics""; ""Active Deformation""; ""Fluids in the Crust""; ""Lower Continental Crust""; ""Continental Deep Structure""; ""EarthScope�A Major Initiative""; ""DEEP INTERIOR""; ""Major Areas of Investigation"" ""Mantle Convection and Geochemical Reservoirs""""The Core-Mantle Boundary (CMB)""; ""The Core Dynamo and Magnetic Field""; ""Inner Core""; ""Disciplinary Advances""; ""Seismology""; ""Geomagnetic Studies""; ""Geochemistry Studies""; ""High-Pressure Studies of Earth Materials""; ""THE PLANETS""; ""Promise of Planetary Exploration""; ""Science Opportunities""; ""Analytical Challenges""; ""3 Findings and Recommendations ""; ""LONG-TERM SUPPORT OF INVESTIGATOR-DRIVEN SCIENCE""; ""Geobiology""; ""Earth and Planetary Materials""; ""Hydrology, Geology, and the Critical Zone""; ""Hydrology"" ""Geology"" |
Altri titoli varianti | Earth science |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825703003321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Continuity of NASA earth observations from space : a value framework / / National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (118 p.) |
Disciplina | 550.72 |
Soggetto topico | Earth sciences - Research - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-309-37744-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
FrontMatter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Measurement Continuity; 3 A Decision Framework for NASA Earth Science Continuity Measurements; 4 Applying the Framework to Continuity Measurements; Appendixes; Appendix A: Statement of Task; Appendix B: Quality Metric Examples Using Current Climate Data Records; Appendix C: Full Framework Example: Narrowing Uncertainty in Climate Sensitivity; Appendix D: Full Framework Example: Determining Sea Level Rise and Its Acceleration; Appendix E: Full Framework Example: Determining the Change in Ocean Heat Storage
Appendix F: Full Framework Example: Determining Ice Sheet Mass BalanceAppendix G: Full Framework Example: Global Land Carbon Sinks; Appendix H: Committee and Staff Biographical Information; Appendix I: Acronyms and Abbreviations |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460840103321 |
Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015 | ||
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