In 2007, the U.S. Department of Defense and National Research Council staff discussed the feasibility of using an advanced robot, the Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin (PETMAN), to test individual pr
This report examines climate change and implications for a range of alternative future scenarios. The outcomes of different stabilization targets for greenhouse gas concentrations are quantified using
As an update of the 1985 report by the same name, this study develops current estimates for the load of petroleum hydrocarbons to the sea, evaluates the methods for assessing petroleum load, and discu
This report was produced by the National Research Council in response to a request by the USAID Office of Democracy of Governance for help in developing methods for measuring the effectiveness of its
This study offers the consensus findings and recommendations of a joint committee established by the U.S. National Academies and the Russian Academy of Sciences to identify methods of strengthening th
