The National Academies will assemble a multidisciplinary ad hoc committee of experts to undertake a consensus study on the potential functions of a new Center for Paleoenvironmental Records of Extreme ...

Paleoenvironmental reconstruction: The process of using geological and biological evidence to infer past environmental conditions. Harmful algal bloom (HAB): A rapid increase in the population of ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...