National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Health and Resilience Board, Committee on Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities, 2020-2021: Impacts, Findings, and Lessons Learned
(Izdošanas datums: 25-Sep-2024, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309707190)
Experiencing a single disaster - a hurricane, tornado, flood, severe winter storm, or a global pandemic - can wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of individuals, families, communities and entire regions. For many people who live in communities i...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Health and Medicine Division, Gulf Research Program, Committee on Progress Toward Human Health and Community Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico Region, Jennifer Cohen, Scott Wollek
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Oct-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309703628)
Consequences of natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have taken a cumulative toll on the health and well-being of people in the Gulf of Mexico region. Long-standing societal challenges related to racism, poverty, education, housing, and undere...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board, Yee San Su
(Izdošanas datums: 21-Aug-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309704793)
Today, with a changing climate putting pressure on communities and ecosystems worldwide, goals for a carbon-neutral economy mean that renewable and low-carbon energy sources are being presented as solutions. While these cleaner energy sources have th...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Committee on Progress and Opportunities Toward Decreasing the Risk of Offshore Energy Operations, A Report Series on Progress and Opportunities To
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Jun-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309699808)
Most of the offshore oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico has shown considerable improvement in systemic risk management, which is now approaching a middle stage of maturity across most risk elements. Advancing Understanding of Offshore Oil and...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on Criteria for Community Participation in the Gulf Research Program's Enhancing Community Resilience (EnCoRe) Initiative
(Izdošanas datums: 26-May-2023, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309700085)
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has developed a program to strengthen community resilience, the Enhancing Community Resilience (EnCoRe) initiative. EnCoRe aims to reduce inequities in health...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Committee on Long-Term Environmental Trends in the Gulf of Mexico
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Dec-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309263429)
Valued for its ecological richness and economic value, the U.S. Gulf of Mexico is under substantial pressure from human activities. The Deepwater Horizon platform explosion and oil spill significantly damaged Gulf ecosystems and led to the largest ec...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Policy and Global Affairs, Office of Special Projects, Erin Mohres, Micah Lowenthal
(Izdošanas datums: 19-Jul-2022, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309688505)
To help prioritize among possible investments to improve the resilience of built infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico region, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a diverse group of experts for a 3-day interactive wo...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Yee San Su, Gulf Research Program, Gulf Offshore Energy Safety Board, Karina Khazmutdinova, Sydney Steward, Riddhi Suva, Jamie Biglow...
(Izdošanas datums: 21-Dec-2021, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309269216)
More than a decade after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Gulf Research Program convened a diverse group of 60 experts in a virtual event to inform its efforts to enhance resilience to future offshore oil disasters in the Gulf of Mexico region. Th...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Committee on Advancing Understanding of Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Dynamics
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Apr-2018, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309462235)
One of the most significant, energetic, yet not well understood, oceanographic features in the Americas is the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System (LCS), consisting of the Loop Current (LC) and the Loop Current Eddies (LCEs) it sheds. Understanding th...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Gulf Research Program, Committee on Advancing Understanding of Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Dynamics
(Izdošanas datums: 23-Apr-2018, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309462211)
One of the most significant, energetic, yet not well understood, oceanographic features in the Americas is the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current System (LCS), consisting of the Loop Current (LC) and the Loop Current Eddies (LCEs) it sheds. Understanding th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Mar-2015, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309368117)
Environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico poses extensive challenges and significant opportunities. Multiple jurisdictions manage this biogeographically and culturally diverse region, whose monitoring programs tend to be project-specific by desi...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Mar-2015, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309368094)
Environmental monitoring in the Gulf of Mexico poses extensive challenges and significant opportunities. Multiple jurisdictions manage this biogeographically and culturally diverse region, whose monitoring programs tend to be project-specific by desi...Lasīt vairāk
Gulf Research Program, Steve Olson, LeighAnne Olsen
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Mar-2015, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309368537)
There are many connections between human communities and their surrounding environments that influence community resilience and health in the Gulf of Mexico. The impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf communities and ecosystems - coupled...Lasīt vairāk
Gulf Research Program, Steve Olson, LeighAnne Olsen
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Mar-2015, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309368551)
There are many connections between human communities and their surrounding environments that influence community resilience and health in the Gulf of Mexico. The impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf communities and ecosystems - coupled...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Gulf Research Program, Steve Olsen, Elizabeth O'Hare
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Nov-2014, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309314305)
During the period 1990 to 2010, U.S. job growth occurred primarily in the high-skilled and low-skilled sectors. Yet, one-third of projected job growth for the period 2010-2020 will require middle-skilled workerswho will earn strong middle-class wages...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Gulf Research Program, Steve Olsen, Elizabeth O'Hare
(Izdošanas datums: 07-Nov-2014, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309314282)
During the period 1990 to 2010, U.S. job growth occurred primarily in the high-skilled and low-skilled sectors. Yet, one-third of projected job growth for the period 2010-2020 will require middle-skilled workerswho will earn strong middle-class wages...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Sep-2014, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309313070)
In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, resulting in significant impacts on the region\s environment and residents. Legal settlements with the companies held respo...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Sep-2014, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309313094)
In 2010 the Deepwater Horizon explosion and fire in the Gulf of Mexico caused the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, resulting in significant impacts on the region\s environment and residents. Legal settlements with the companies held respo...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Polar Research Board, Committee to Review the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring Program
(Izdošanas datums: 29-Jul-2002, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309169226)
This report provides guidance to the Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) program to help ensure that it is based on a a science plan that is robust, far-reaching, and scientifically sound. The report commends the Trustee Council for its foresight in sett...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Polar Research Board, Committee to Review the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring Program
(Izdošanas datums: 29-Jul-2002, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309500128)
This report provides guidance to the Gulf Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) program to help ensure that it is based on a a science plan that is robust, far-reaching, and scientifically sound. The report commends the Trustee Council for its foresight in sett...Lasīt vairāk