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Federal funding at a time of budget austerity |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 77,
Issue 13,
1996,
Page 121-127
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I served as chair of a committee of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering that released a report last December entitled “Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology” [National Academy Press, 1995;Carlowicz, 1995]. The report had at least one salutary effect: it triggered a lively national discussion of science policy, much of it useful but some occasionally uninformed. The report was issued in an environment that can be characterized by the end of the Cold War, changing national needs, and the restructuring of research and educational institutions. It is also a stressful time when extraordinary opportunities for scientific progress are constrained by a future of austere R&D funding as both political parties struggle to honor their commitments to balance the federal budget in 7 years. In the interest of furthering debate, I will summarize the premises of the report, the principal recommendations, the main objections that have arisen, and our responses to t
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/96EO00078
年代:1996
数据来源: WILEY
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Protecting Antarctica |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 77,
Issue 13,
1996,
Page 122-122
Michael Carlowicz,
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House Science Committee Chairman Robert Walker (R‐Pa.) has introduced a bill into Congress to give the United States the legislative authority to implement the 1991 Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty. That protocol established rules and principles to shield the Antarctic environment from human spoilage—placing limits on the discharge of pollutants, protecting plant and animal life, and requiring environmental impact assessments before new activities and programs are launched. The protocol also forbids prospecting or developing of mineral resources except for scientific resea
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO077i013p00122-03
年代:1996
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Stanley Keith Runcorn (1922–1995) |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 77,
Issue 13,
1996,
Page 123-123
Neil D. Opdyke,
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The life of Keith Runcorn came to an end when he was murdered by an unknown assailant on December 5, 1995, in his hotel room in San Diego. His many friends sorely missed his presence at the AGU Fall meeting, and his death is difficult to accept.Over the last 45 years Keith Runcorn was an important and influential member of the geophysical community who made important contributions to debates related to geomagnetism, paleomagnetism, continental drift, the evolution of planetary interiors, lunar magnetism, the changing length of the day, Earth currents, and the excitation of the Chandler wobble. Runcorn actively pursued research in all of these fields, and some of his ideas were often controversial. It would be fair to say that he never avoided controversy; in fact, he enjoyed it.
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DOI:10.1029/96EO00083
年代:1996
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Dietrich receives Horton Award |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 77,
Issue 13,
1996,
Page 124-126
Alan D. Howard,
William Dietrich,
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The 1995 Robert E Horton Medal was presented to William Dietrich at the AGU Fall Meeting award ceremony in San Francisco, Calif., on December 13, 1995. The medal is given by the Hydrology Section for contributions over a career, with more weight given to the last 5 years. The award citation and Dietrich's response are given here.It is with great pleasure that I present William E. Dietrich with the Robert E. Horton Award. Bill's research exemplifies both in subject area and in excellence the precedent of Robert Horton in coupling hydrology and geomorphology to provide a mechanistic explanation for the relationship between process and form in drainage basins.
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/96EO00084
年代:1996
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Outstanding student papers |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 77,
Issue 13,
1996,
Page 125-125
Anonymous,
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Seven presentatons were named Outstanding Student Papers in the Tectonophysics Section at the 1995 Fall Meeting.Richard Allen presented “Analysis of Offshore‐Onshore Wide‐Angle Seismic Recordings From Western Alaska, Bering‐Chukchi Sea.” He graduated in 1994 from the University of Cambridge, UK, with a B.A. in natural sciences. He received his M.Sc. in geophysics from the University of Durham, UK, in 1995 having completed his thesis while working for the U.S. Geological Survey at Menlo Park, California. His research there focused on the seismic structure of the Bering Strait‐Chukchi Sea. Allen is now studying for his Ph.D. at Princeton University, where his interests focus on the structure of the Icelandic plume. He is imaging its velocity structure using seismic tomography and partitioned waveform inversion techniques (under the supervision of Guust Nolet and W. Jason Morgan). His research interests also include the using seismic parameters, in combination with others, to constrain th
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DOI:10.1029/96EO00085
年代:1996
数据来源: WILEY
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American Physical Society comments on NAS Report |
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Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 77,
Issue 13,
1996,
Page 127-127
Robert Schrieffer,
Allen Bromley,
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Here are relevant excerpts from the American Physical Society's (APS) comments on the NAS report, as reported in FYI, the AIP bulletin of science policy news."Dr. Press and his panel members organized their collected wisdom into 13 recommendations. We concur with most of them, but find substantial difficulty with several."
ISSN:0002-8606
DOI:10.1029/EO077i013p00127
年代:1996
数据来源: WILEY
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