Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Its Activities

地球科学和资源委员会为国家研究理事会与地球科学有关的活动提供了一个协调中心。在委员会的主持下，常设委员会和特设委员会就广泛的地球科学问题向联邦政府提供独立的建议，包括研究、环境、自然灾害、资源、数据和教育。它还为美国参与国际地球科学项目提供指导。理事会的常设委员会是地球资源委员会；地理科学委员会；地质和岩土工程委员会；地球物理和环境数据委员会；地震学和地球动力学委员会；测绘科学委员会。目前，BESR正在监督11项特别研究，其中几项预计将于2011年开始。目前正在进行的研究有：了解气候变化影响的深时间地质记录；提高国家抵御灾害和灾害的能力；美国西部煤层气开发及采出水管理及影响国家地震恢复能力——研究、实施和推广；国家精密大地测量基础设施要求国家地理空间情报局（NGA）研究新方向：研讨会美国国家科学基金会地球科学研究新机遇公私部门合作提高社区抗灾能力；加州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州海平面上升；空间数据助力21世纪美国地质调查局战略科学研究可持续发展的地下地球工程；以及弗吉尼亚州的铀矿开采。

The Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) provides a focal point for National Research Council activities related to the earth sciences. Under the auspices of the Board, standing committees and ad hoc committees provide independent advice to the federal government on a wide range of earth science issues, including research, the environment, natural hazards, resources, data, and education. It also provides guidance related to U.S. participation in international earth science programs. The standing committees of the Board are Committee on Earth Resources; Geographical Sciences Committee; Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering; Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data; Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics; and Mapping Science Committee. Presently, BESR is overseeing eleven ad hoc studies with the several more expected to begin in 2011. Studies presently under way are: Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate-Change Impact; Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters; Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Development and Produced Water in the Western United States; National Earthquake Resilience - Research, Implementation, and Outreach; National Requirements for Precision Geodetic Infrastructure; New Research Directions for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA): A Workshop; New Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences at the National Science Foundation; Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience; Sea-Level Rise in California, Oregon, and Washington; Spatial Data Enabling USGS Strategic Science in the 21st Century; Underground Geoengineering for Sustainable Development; and Uranium Mining in Virginia.