Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Its Activities

地球科学和资源委员会（BESR）是国家研究理事会与地球科学有关的活动的协调中心。在理事会的主持下，常设委员会和特设委员会就广泛的地球科学问题，包括研究、环境、自然灾害、资源、数据和教育，向联邦政府提供独立的建议。它还为美国参与国际地球科学计划提供指导。委员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以及制图科学委员会。目前，经济、社会和文化权利委员会正在监督11项特别研究，另外几项研究预计将于2011年开始。目前正在进行的研究有：了解气候变化影响的深层地质记录;提高国家对危害和灾害的复原力;美国西部煤层气开发和采出水的管理和影响;国家地震复原力-研究、实施和推广;国家对精密大地测量基础设施的要求;国家地理空间情报局的新研究方向：讲习班;国家科学基金会地球科学的新研究机会;公私部门合作加强社区抗灾能力;加州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿的海平面上升;空间数据使美国地质勘探局在21世纪的战略科学;地下地球工程可持续发展;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.