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5: INTERFACES WITH OTHER NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES
5: INTERFACES WITH OTHER NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES
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These will be considered briefly here to provide a more complete picture of the coastal science carried out under the sponsorship of the federal government. GLOBAL CHANGE As discussed in Chapter 2, global climate change may be influenced by processes in coastal ecosystems and the resulting climate changes may greatly affect coastal ecosystems, by rising sea level, changing river discharges and coastal currents, and increased storm frequency (OTA, 1993~.
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, a National Research Council (NRC) committee proposes an integrated, regional-scale research strategy to pursue five fundamental objectives, all of which have implications to coastal ecosystem integrity: · "to understand the patterns, processes, and consequences of changing marine biological diversity by focusing on critical environmental issues and their threshold effects, and to address these effects at spatial scales from local to regional and at appropriate temporal scales; · to improve the linkages between the marine ecological and oceanographic sciences by increasing understanding of the connectivity between local, smallerscale biodiversity patterns and processes, and regional, large-scale oceanographic patterns and processes that may directly impact local phenomena;
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, in investigations of the patterns, processes, and consequences of marine biodiversity; and · to use the new understanding of the patterns, processes, and consequences of marine biodiversity derived from this regional-scale research approach to predictions of the impacts of human activities on the marine environment." All of these objectives, except that dealing with marine taxonomy, are related in one form or another in the scientific priorities recommended in this report. Only the organization and framing of the respective recommendations differ.
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As the Department of Defense seeks, at the same time, dual use of its science and technology, new prospects are emerging for partnerships embracing science that is of importance to both national security and "ecosystem security." The Navy also has a major research program regarding the environmental quality at and near its bases. HEALTH, SAFETY, AND FOOD The NSTC Committee on Health, Safety, and Food must consider an enormous array of issues and a substantial portion of the federal government's research and development programs.
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For example, the science serving national security interests will be considered collectively under the NSTC Committee on National Security, but it is not clear how Navy research in the coastal ocean will be integrated and coordinated with complementary coastal research aimed at environmental protection or fisheries management, supported by other agencies and under the purview of other NSTC entities. Conversely, the combined consideration of freshwater resources and coastal
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But there remains a significant need to plan and coordinate scientific activities in coastal waters across the issue sectors. The committee recommends that CENR ensure that there is effective integration and coordination of coastal science among the contributing CENR subcommittees and NSTC committees.
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