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  1. New NOAA climate office would meet growing needs

    As the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s 2009 report indicates, climate-related impacts are already evident and expected to increase. Signs of change abound. Sea level rise. Longer growing seasons. Increases in heavy downpours. Droughts. Extended ice-free seasons and more. JANE LUBCHENCO “NOAA will be better prepared to continue its internationally recognized role in the development […]

    By Jane Lubchenco

  2. Assessing the state of U.S. science and engineering

    Every two years, the National Science Board reports to the president and Congress about the state of the science landscape. This year’s Science and Engineering Indicators report was presented to the White House on January 15. The chairman of the board’s Science and Engineering Indicators committee, physicist Louis Lanzerotti of the New Jersey Institute of […]

    By Louis Lanzerotti

  3. Making informed decisions about mammograms

    In November, the U.S.