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Oversight Unit

Earth Systems and Resources Program Area

Addresses connections between people, place, and the Earth system – land surface and deep Earth, atmosphere, cryosphere, water, and oceans – with a focus on resources, hazards, conservation, and basic and applied science.

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Projects

Agriculture, Food Systems and Climate Security: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Public Infrastructure for Effective Climate Mitigation and Adaptation: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Health in Buildings Roundtable

Roundtable/Forum

In Formation

Owens Lake Scientific Advisory Panel: Off-Lake Sources of Airborne Dust in Owens Valley, California

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Macroeconomic Implications of Decarbonization Policies and Actions: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

The Social-Ecological Consequences of Future Wildfire in the West: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Roundtable on Plastics

Roundtable/Forum

Recently Completed

Practices and Standards for Plugging Orphaned and Abandoned Hydrocarbon Wells: A Workshop

Workshop

Recently Completed

Technologies and Practices for Plugging and Remediating Orphaned and Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Optimizing the USGS Mineral Resources Program Science Portfolio

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Developing and Assessing Ideas for Social and Behavioral Research to Speed Efficient and Equitable Industrial Decarbonization: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Developing a Strategy to Evaluate the 5th National Climate Assessment

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Increasing Diversity in the US Ocean Studies Community

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Review of the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and the State Water Project

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed
Numerous waterways snake through the delta where the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River meet.

Review of Approaches for Managing Pollutant Loads in Highway Stormwater Runoff

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress
A swale and a bioretention manage stormwater along a highway.
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