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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

Review of Draft Chapters of the Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment

Consensus/Advisory Activity

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

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

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

Workshop

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

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

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

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress
Numerous waterways snake through the delta where the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River meet.
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