American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAAS
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Mission
The AAAS seeks to "advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people." To fulfill this mission, the AAAS Board has set the following broad goals:
- Enhance communication among scientists, engineers, and the public;
- Promote and defend the integrity of science and its use;
- Strengthen support for the science and technology enterprise;
- Provide a voice for science on societal issues;
- Promote the responsible use of science in public policy;
- Strengthen and diversify the science and technology workforce;
- Foster education in science and technology for everyone;
- Increase public engagement with science and technology; and
- Advance international cooperation in science.
The organization has no registered commitments.
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Dams are often built to control floods, but on certain kinds of rivers they may make big deluges worse, a new study finds. The finding suggests river managers might need to rethink their flood control strategies on silty and sandy lowland rivers.
There are few forces on Earth more powerful than a large volcanic eruption.
Seas are rising especially fast near the Chesapeake, where geologists say Earth’s crust is tilting into the ocean, amplifying the effects of a warming climate.
Avulsions are often called the “earthquakes of rivers,” because they are so sudden and catastrophic.
The authors compiled a comprehensive database of large wildfires in western United States forests since 1970 and compared it with hydroclimatic and land-surface data.
The results presented here illustrate the potential impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in low-income countries (LICs) and low-middle-income countries (LMICs) compared to the epidemics that have occurred to date in upper-mid
Scientists research the volatile rock and soil in Taroko National Park, in the hope of monitoring landslides and finding their hidden impact as carbon sources and sinks.
In low-lying coastal areas, the co-occurrence of high sea level and precipitation resulting in large runoff may cause compound flooding (CF).
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