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Living with Water in a Changing Landscape

Water has always shaped life along the Gulf Coast. It sustains ecosystems and communities, supports shipping and industry, ...
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Climate Change: Evidence and Causes: Update 2020

CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE OF THE DEFINING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. It is now more certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s climate. The atmosphere and oceans have ...
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Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base

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Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards

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Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy

This activity was supported with grants to the National Academy of Sciences from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (#G-16-53637) and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (#G-2016-5031) and with ...
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Risk Assessment of Proposed ARFF Standards

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Genetically Engineered Crops: Past Experience and Future Prospects

This consensus report examines a range of questions and opinions about the economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other effects of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food. Claims and research that ...
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To Reduce Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System, Government Should Explore Ways to Reduce Police Stops, Detention, and Long Sentences, Says New Report

WASHINGTON — To reduce racial inequality in the U.S. criminal justice system, local, state, and federal government should explore ways to reduce police stops and searches, jail detention, prison ...
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Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall convene an ad hoc survey committee and supporting study panels to carry out a decadal survey in astronomy and astrophysics. The ...
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The Science of Extreme Event Attribution — Which Analyzes Climate Change’s Influence on Specific Weather Events — Has Advanced, But Challenges Remain

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides a comprehensive assessment of the current capabilities of extreme event attribution (EEA) — a ...
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New Voices Program for Emerging STEM Leaders Announces 2026 Cohort

WASHINGTON — The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine program has announced its 2026-2028 cohort of members, a group of 20 ...