Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Its Activities

9900760 Schiffries部分支持地球科学和资源及其活动的董事会。 其他支持来自以下机构：能源部（地球科学司、基础能源科学办公室和化石能源办公室）、内政部（土地管理局、矿产管理局和美国地质调查局）、国家航空航天局、核管理委员会和国家科学基金会。 地球科学和资源委员会协调国家研究理事会有关固体地球科学问题的活动。 该委员会确定了推进基础研究和理解的机会，分析了地球科学信息的可信度，并报告了地球科学在重要社会问题上的应用。 通过其行动，理事会解决与地球科学和资源问题有关的研究和教育计划的整体健康问题。 该委员会及其多学科委员会也是来自政府、大学和工业界的科学家、工程师和决策者之间讨论和交流信息的论坛。 委员会的活动受到核管制委员会偏见和审查程序的制约，以确保平衡和公正。 正如委员会1993年题为《固体地球科学与社会》的报告中所阐明的，地球科学家目前面临的挑战是对固体地球及其资源形成一种综合的认识。 全世界生活水平的提高和人口的增加带来了新的问题，需要从广泛的基础和应用地球科学中找到解决办法。 审计委员会在关注对技术问题进行专门分析的要求的同时，也对这些全球性问题保持了正确的认识。 目前，该委员会通过其研究，非常重视环境问题。

9900760SchiffriesPartial support is provided to the board on Earth Sciences and Resources and its activities. Other support is from the following agencies: Department of Energy (Geothermal division, Office Basic Energy Sciences, and Office of Fossil Energy), Department of the Interior (Bureau of Land Management, minerals Management Service, and U.S. Geological Survey), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and National Science Foundation. The board on Earth Sciences and Resources coordinates the National Research Council's activities on solid-earth science issues. The Board identifies opportunities for advancing basic research and understanding, analyzes the credibility of earth science information for policy decisions, and reports on the applications of earth sciences to important societal issues. Through its actions, the Board addresses the overall health of research and education programs related to earth sciences and resource issues. The Board and its multidisciplinary committees also serve as a forum for discussions and exchange of information among scientists, engineers, and policy makers from government, universities, and industry. The activities of the Board are subject to NRC bias and review procedures to ensure balance and impartiality. As enunciated in the Board's 1993 report, Solid-Earth Sciences and Society, earth scientists are currently challenged to develop an integrated understanding of the solid earth and its resources. Improving worldwide living standards and population increases pose new problems that will require solutions from a broad range of the basic and applied earth sciences. The Board keeps these global issues in perspective while focusing on the requirements for specialized analyses of technical issues. At present, the Board is giving great emphasis to environmental concerns through its studies.