Topic: North America

America's Vital Interest in Global Health: Protecting Our People, Enhancing Our Economy, and Advancing Our International Interests (1997) - Since the end of the Cold War, the world economy has become increasingly interconnected. The movement of 2 million people each day across national...

A Scientific Strategy for U.S. Participation in the GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) Component of the CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Programme (1998) - The impetus for GOALS stemmed from the success of TOGA, the Tropical Oceans and Global Atmosphere program, which established the existence of...

Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) - The U.S. National Committee (USNC) for the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) functions as a bridge between the scientific and...

DIVERSITAS: An Integrated Program of Biodiversity Science - In 1989, the National Research Council’s U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Biological Sciences (USNC/IUBS) proposed that the...

Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States (1992) - The emergence of HIV disease and AIDS, the reemergence of tuberculosis, and the increased opportunity for disease spread through international travel...

Global Perspectives for Local Action: Using TIMSS to Improve U.S. Mathematics and Science Education (1999) - The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) raised the alarm about U.S. mathematics and science education. Most Americans are now...

Human Interactions with the Carbon Cycle: Summary of a Workshop (2002) - The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has identified the global carbon cycle as a major program element. An interagency Carbon Cycle...

Hurricane Hugo, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Charleston, South Carolina, September 17-22, 1989 (1994) - This volume provides an account of the 1989 Hurricane Hugo for historical purposes, evaluates the physical phenomena involved and the performance of...

International Astronomical Union (IAU) - The International Astronomical Union (IAU) promotes and coordinates worldwide cooperation in astronomy. The IAU, through its 11 Scientific Divisions...

International Benchmarking of US Mathematics Research (1997) - The United States is clearly preeminent in mathematics today. The field is thriving in terms of both quality and opportunities. Not only are there...

International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) (Commission of IMU) - The U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI) plans, recommends, and encourages projects in areas of international importance in...

International Commission on Optics (ICO) (Affiliated Commission of IUPAP) - The U.S. Advisory Committee for the International Commission for Optics (USAC/ICO) represents the interests of the U.S. optics community in ICO,...

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) - The U.S. Committee for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) performs the National Academies duties as the National Member...

International Mathematical Union (IMU) - The U.S. National Committee for Mathematics (USNC/Math) represents the United States in the International Mathematical Union (IMU), and promotes the...

International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA) - The U.S. National Committee for the International Union for Quaternary Research (USNC/INQUA) promotes the advancement of Quaternary sciences in the...

International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) - The U.S. National Committee (USNC) for the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) represents the interests of U.S....

International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) - The U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Biological Sciences (USNC/IUBS) serves as the focal point of U.S. participation in the...

International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) - The International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote the advances in...

International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) - The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote advances in...

International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) - The U.S. National Committee for the Geological Sciences (USNC/IUGS) promotes the advancement of geological sciences in the United States and...

International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) - The U.S. National Committee (USNC) for the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS) represents the United States in the IUMS, a member...

International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) - The U.S. National Committee (USNC) for the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) represents the United States in the IUPS, a...

International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) - The International Union for Psychological Science (IUPsyS) serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote advances in...

International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) - The U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (USNC/IUPAB) serves as the focal point of U.S. participation...

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) - The U.S. Liaison Committee (USLC) for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) is the mechanism through which the U.S. physics...

International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) - The U.S. National Committee for Soil Science (USNC/SS) represents the interests of the U.S. soil science community in the International Union of Soil...

International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) - The U.S. National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNC/TAM) was established in 1949 to represent the interests of the United States...

Lighting the Way: Knowledge Assessment in Prince Edward Island (1999) - Knowledge Assessment is a methodology created by the National Research Council at the request of the World Bank to evaluate a community's ability to...

Making Transit Work: Insight from Western Europe, Canada, and the United States - This report was prepared for policy makers searching for ways to boost public transit use in U.S. urban areas and wishing to know what can be learned...

Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the 1998 US/Japan Conference (1998) - US-Japan meetings on laboratory animal science have been held virtually every year since 1980 under the US-Japan Cooperative Program on Science and...

Pacific Science Association (PSA) - The Pacific Science Association (PSA), a regional associate of the International Council for Science (ICSU), is a nongovernmental scientific...

Planning Climate and Global Change Research: A Review of the Draft U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan (2003) - The report reviews a draft strategic plan from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, a program formed in 2002 to coordinate and direct U.S....

Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdocs in the United States - Starting in Summer 2004, the study committee will undertake a broad examination of the current status and role of international graduate students and...

Research Strategies for the U.S. Global Change Research Program (1990) - This book recommends research priorities and scientific approaches for global change research. It addresses the scientific approaches for documenting...

Review of NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise Research Strategy for 2000-2010 (2000) - The Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration deals with space missions and research aimed at observing and...

Review of the NARSTO Draft Report: An Assessment of Tropospheric Ozone Pollution- A North American Perspective (2000) - The report reviews NARSTO's recent report on atmospheric science issues associated with management of airborne particulate matter (PM) to achieve air...

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) - The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote advances in...

The Pervasive Role of Science, Technology, and Health in Foreign Policy: Imperatives for the Department of State (1999) - Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda. Other vital issues linked...

Union Radio Scientifique Internationale (URSI) - The International Union of Radio Science (universally referred to as URSI) is one of the majority of Scientific Unions which adhere to the...

U.S. Civil Society Views of UNESCO - At the request of the US Department of State, the National Academies convened a meeting of experts from US civil society organizations in November...

U.S. National Committee for the International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science - The International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS) is a member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The U.S....

U.S. National Committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences - The U.S. National Committee to the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (USNC/IUNS) represents the field of nutrition and the major societies...