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USGS is a world leader in the natural sciences
through our scientific excellence and
responsiveness to societys needs.
USGS Vision Statement
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• The Science Strategy is about two things
• Opportunity
• Risk

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What is the design philosophy of the science
strategy read-develop societal needs- think
about how to address Why integrated What is the
context for the strategy? What are the elements
of the strategy.
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The USGS is trying to cope with todays problems
using a system that evolved at a time when the
problems perceived to be important were different.
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When the world is flat, what can be done will be
done. The only question is will it be done by
you or to you? Tom Friedman, 3/07
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(the federal environmental research system ) is
poorly structured to deal with complex,
interdisciplinary research on large spatial
scales and long-term temporal scales.
The most dramatic act to reduce fragmentation
within the environmental system was the inclusion
of the National Biological Service into the USGS
They concluded, this consolidation brings
together a significant body of life scientists
and earth scientists in the same environmental
research organization, and thus creates the
potential for generating the types of
interdisciplinary knowledge and assessment that
have often been lacking the environmental
research system
Carnegie Corporation Report on Federal
Environmental Research and Development
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• The Earth behaves as a system in which oceans,
  atmosphere and land, and the living and
  non-living parts therein, are all connected.
• (Steffen et al. 2005)

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Harvard creates new, University-wide committee to
guide interdisciplinary efforts in science 50
million committed to begin efforts The Harvard
Corporation has authorized the establishment of a
new, University-wide standing committee on
science and engineering to guide the University
into a new era of collaborative,
cross-disciplinary science initiatives. The
Corporation also created a 50 million fund to
provide initial support for the committee's work,
pending the submission of a budget by the
committee. Harvard University Gazette, Jan-07
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Interdisciplinary Science Required Because of

• The inherent complexity of nature and society
• The need to explore questions and problems that
  are not confined to a single discipline
• The need to solve societal problems
• The power of new technologies
• (Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplinary
  Research, National Academy of Sciences, 2004)

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• What can history tell us about changes in
  theAmerican view of science and scientists ?

• Post-Depression many felt that science
  contributed to the collapse of the economy
• Post-WWII Science seen as a provider of
  benefits scientific discoveries improved quality
  of life.
• Post-Vietnam era Science and scientists regarded
  with increasing distrust.
• Whats next?
• From Nina Burkardts presentation to SST
• Fort Collins Science Center

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Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming
Initiative - New York Times February 8, 2006 By
LAURIE GOODSTEIN Despite opposition from some of
their colleagues, 86 evangelical Christian
leaders have decided to back a major initiative
to fight global warming, saying "millions of
people could die in this century
Copper prices set another recordBy Dale Funk,
Contributing EditorApr 1, 2006 1200 PMWhile
most wire and cable industry veterans and
commodity analysts expected 2006 to be a year of
moderation for copper prices, when copper jumped
9.45 cents to nearly 2.36 a pound on March 17 on
the New York Mercantile Exchange, it set another
record.
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One Half Days News Feeds on Global Warming
/Climate Change

• Tropical SSTs Natural variations or Global
  warming? RealClimate - USA
• Roanoke City Council looks into Global warming
• Global warming responsible for frequency of
  devastating hurricanes ...
• Global Warming, Too Hot or Not? (by Dennis
  Behreandt) The New American - USA
• Report links global warming, storms San
  Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
• Texas cool to confront warming Belleville
  News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
• Native British trees 'under threat' from
  global warming 24dash.com UK We need real action
  on global warming' Independent Online -
  Cape Town,South Africa
• Report Links Global Warming, Hurricanes
  TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
• ASEM6 adopts declaration on climate change
  Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
• Sea change Scotsman - United Kingdom SET
• An inconvenient truth about climate change
  Globe and Mail - Canada
• Climate change - it's the apocalypse, stupid
  Eureka Street - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
• Minister calls on trade unions to combat
  climate change 2 4dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshir
  e,UK
• Water policy 'ignores climate change' ABC
  Online - Australia
• Climate change is threatening the traditional
  cottage garden Independent - London,
  Personal Experience of the Climate Change
  Camp Indymedia UK - UK
• Climate change heads for the Supreme Court
  Register - London,England,UK
• Al Gore returns to farming roots to tackle
  climate change FarmersWeekly - UK
• Asia-Europe leaders warn of climate change
  Manila Standard Today - Philippines

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We need to be in a position to grab the brass
ring
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• The Elements of the Strategy
• Understand Ecosystems and Predict Ecosystem
  Change
• Quantify the Role of Environment and Wildlife
  In Human Health
• Quantify, Forecast, Secure Freshwater for
  Americas Future
• Science for Risk, and Resilience Assessment of
  Natural Hazards
• Leadership in Clarifying the Climate Record and
  Assessing Consequences of Change
• Science for Future Energy and Mineral Needs and
  Decisions
• New Methods of Investigation and Discovery

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The ecosystem approach is fundamental in
managing Earths resources because it addresses
the interactions that link biotic systems, of
which humans are an integral part, with the
physical systems on which they depend.
(Chapin and others, 2002)
Loch Vale
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Understanding Ecosystems and Predicting
Ecosystem Change Ensuring the Nations Economic
and Environmental Future
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Ecosystems The conceptual setting for all
environmental interfaces--organisms with geology,
organisms with climates, and organisms with other
organismsis the ecosystem Kruckenberg, 2002
Geology and Plant Life
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• Ecosystems
• Characterize
• Understand
• Monitor
• Predict
• Engage

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The Role of the Environment and Wildlife in Human
HealthA Warning System for Environmental Risk
to Public Health in America
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Public health threats from emerging infectious
diseases , diseases that exist in animals but can
affect humans (zoonotic diseases), and
environmental contamination are of major concern
worldwide.
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Mercury sensitivity map for aquatic ecosystems
in the contiguous 48 States. Mercury in fish is
the primary route of exposure for people and
fish-eating wildlife
In its broadest sense, the environment is one of
the major determinants of human health and
well-being. Underlying the need for enhanced
education of health professionals is the need for
more research research that will further
elucidate the linkages that exist between the
environment and human health - Institute
of Medicine of the National Academies,
Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences,
Research, and Medicine.
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A Water Census of the United States Quantifying,
Forecasting, and Securing Freshwater for
Americas Future
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• Grand Challenge -
• Hydrologic forecasting
• establish the capacity for
• detailed, comprehensive
• hydrologic forecasting,
• including the ecological
• consequences of changing
• water regimes.
• Issues
• Human use of freshwater
• Threats to freshwater ecosystems
• Social and environmental impacts of floods and
  droughts
• Consequences of water contamination

Grand Challenges in Environmental
Sciences National Research Council NATIONAL
ACADEMY PRESS
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Special Issue Freshwater Resources

• A Thirsty World
• Running Out of Water and Time
• Desalination Freshens Up
• Waterborne Infectious Diseases
• Could They Be Consigned to History?
• Seeking Sustainability Israels Evolving
• Water Management Strategy
• Global Hydrologic Cycles and World
• Water Resources
• The Challenge of Micropollutants in
• Aquatic Systems
• Hydroengineering Examples from
• India and China

..ensuring adequate supply will necessitate
continuing collaborations across a great range of
disciplines.
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A Water Census of the United States Quantifying,
Forecasting, and Securing Freshwater for
Americas Future
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A National Hazards, Risk, and Resilience
Assessment Program Ensuring the Long-Term Health
and Wealth of the Nation
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Hydrological Susceptibility
Preparedness Response decisions
Natural Hazard
Biological Susceptibility
Geological Susceptibility
Built EnvironmentSusceptibility
Risk Reduction strategies
SYSTEM RESPONSE
Community response
Strategy cost
Economic impacts
Human Safety
Environmental impacts
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Using science to improve resiliency to natural
hazards The Multi-Hazards demonstration project
in Southern California

• Natural Hazard Losses gt 3 billion/yr
• 20 million people
• 10 annual growth

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USGS Providing the understanding needed to
reduce susceptibility to hazard.
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Climate Variability and Change Clarifying the
Record and Assessing the Consequences
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Climate Variability and Change Clarifying the
Record, Assessing the Consequences
Remote Sensing
National Networks
ASSESSMENTS
Long-term sites
OBSERVATIONS
RESEARCH
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Climate Variability and Change Clarifying the
Record, Assessing the Consequences
Paleo Research
Carbon Cycle
Systems approach and synthesis
ASSESSMENTS
Adaptation methodologies
OBSERVATIONS
RESEARCH
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Climate Variability and Change Clarifying the
Record, Assessing the Consequences
Meeting the challenge
ASSESSMENTS
OBSERVATIONS
RESEARCH
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Energy and Minerals for Americas Future
Providing a Scientific Foundation for Decision
Makers
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• Issues of the Coming Decade
• Globalization
• Environmental Impacts

The Earth is not running out of critical mineral
resources at least for the near future but
the ability to explore for, and produce these
resources is being restricted in many regions by
competing land use, as well as political, and
environmental issues.
Planet Earth, 2006
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Providing a Scientific Foundation for Decision
Makers
Keep doing what we are doing well. Expand
comprehensive multidisciplinary full life-cycle
approaches. Strengthen understanding of
ecosystems role in EM Resources
Water Human Health
Idealized Minerals Flow/Life Cycle
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Achieving the Vision New Methods of
Investigation and Discovery
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New Methods of Investigation and Discovery

• Data Integration and Beyond
• Leveraging Evolving Technologies

We cant solve problems by using the same kind
of thinking we used when we created
them. -Albert Einstein
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Data Integration and Beyond

• A Global Science Computing and Collaboration
  Platform
• Underpinned by Cyberinfrastructure and Informatics

the opportunity is here to create
cyberinfrastructure that enables more ubiquitous,
comprehensive knowledge environments that become
functionally complete for specific research
communities in terms of people, data,
information, tools, and instruments and that
include unprecedented capacity for computation,
storage, and communication. -Atkins and others,
National Science Foundation, 2003.
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Responding to and Leveraging Evolving Technologies

• Nanotechnology
• Geomicrobiology
• Environmental Sensor Networks

Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C.
Clarke
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Concluding Remarks
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The USGS in 2017
Understanding Ecosystems and Implications of
Change Quantifying Role of Environment and
Wildlife in Human Health Quantifying,
Forecasting, Securing Freshwater for Americas
Future Science for Risk, and Resilience
Assessment of Natural Hazards Clarifying the
Climate Record to Assess Consequences of Change
Science for Future Energy and Mineral Needs and
Decisions New Methods of Investigation and
Discovery
Biology Geography Geology Water GIO
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USGS is the world leader in integrated natural
sciences through our scientific excellence and
responsiveness to societys needs.
USGS Vision Statement
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The future holds unprecedented opportunities for
USGS science to improve the economic and
environmental health and prosperity of people and
communities across the Nation and around the
world. The USGS looks forward to meeting the
challenges of the 21st century.
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We gratefully acknowledge constructive ideas,
text, and editing from the following 200 people

Ahlbrandt, Tom Aiken, George Aldrich, Tom
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