Background

Documents Reviewed

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Science Strategy Team Members

External:

• Art Goldstein (Division Director Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation)

Internal:

• Linda Gundersen (Chief Scientist, Geology)
• Jayne Belnap (Biology)
• Peter Haeussler (Geology)
• Steve Ingebritsen (Water)
• John Jones (Geography)
• Geoff Plumlee (Geology)
• Rob Thieler (Geology)
• Bob Thompson (Geology)
• Marty Goldhaber (Geology)

Documents Reviewed by the Geology Science Strategy Team

• USGS Circular 1281, Geography for a Changing World: A science strategy for the geographic research of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2005-2015 [http://geography.usgs.gov/documents/USGSGeographySciencePlan.pdf]
  
• USGS Circular 1309 - Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges — U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007–2017 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1309/]
• USGS Circular 1172, “Geology for a Changing World — A Science Strategy for the Geologic Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2000-2010 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/circular/c1172/]
• Geology Discipline NRC and AAAS Reports
• Science for Global Sustainability; Toward a New Paradigm;
  http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidwp/pdf/120.pdf
  This paper presents a historical and philosophical perspective on the issue of gloabal sustainability.
• Our Changing Planet 2007; report of the Climate Change Science Program (see also previous years). Context for the overall US Climate science effort.
  http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/ocp2007/default.htm
• Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences; NRC report this is simbly brilliant and had a big impact on the Bureau SST.
  http://books.google.com/books?id=ZMNWndK1rkcC&dq=Grand+Challenges+in+Environmental+Sciences+NRC&pg=PP1&ots=HtPeJSDCmI&sig=pyOSg2NU_AH8rBQe8zsDvzTZGMY&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3DGrand%2BChallenges%2Bin%2BEnvironmental%2BSciences%2BNRC%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPR9,M1
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• Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature. Sarewitz, Pielke, and Byerly. Some interesting perspectives on how science gets used.
• Basic Research Opportunities in Earth Science, NRC.  Some thoughtful views on high impact directons for the field.
  http://books.google.com/books?id=2N9SzIi-EgwC&dq=Basic+research+opportunities+in+Earth+science+NRC&pg=PP1&ots=2PYteP0yNb&sig=xnrbNQNzVlzohYD85tHHKy_el6Y&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26pwst%3D1%26sa%3DX%26oi%3Dspell%26resnum%3D0%26ct%3Dresult%26cd%3D1%26q%3DBasic%2Bresearch%2Bopportunities%2Bin%2BEarth%2Bscience%2BNRC%26spell%3D1&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPA4,M1
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• Materials flow analysis: Finding $100 on the sidewalk [Powerpoint, 1.8MB]
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• Frontiers in Exploration of the Critical Zone [PDF, 1MB]