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Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment

The ocean has absorbed a significant portion carbon dioxide emissions from human activities, decreasing the pH of the water and leading to a suite of chemical changes collectively known as ocean ...
JD Supra

EPA’s Latest Particulate Review Shows Impacts Below the Current NAAQS. How Will Trump Avoid Doing Something About It?

Last week, EPA posted its draft Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter. It’s the foundational document for EPA’s periodic review of its National Ambient Air Quality Standard for PM. The ...
The Baltimore Sun

Md. school assessment tests inefficient and wasteful

Last month in Baltimore County, we administered the Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA). The test is broken into four units, each of which takes 60 minutes to complete. I had 27 middle ...
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Ocean science and technology critical to restore deteriorating global marine environment, warns latest UN assessment

21 April, New York —The world is at risk of losing many of the benefits the ocean provides, warns the latest United Nations assessment on the state of the world’s ocean, which was released today, ...
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Testimony Before the Feb. 25, 2022 Meeting of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee

To discuss the Draft CASAC Report on EPA’s Draft Supplement to the 2019 Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for PM and the Draft CASAC Report on EPA’s Draft PM Policy Assessment (PA). My name is Thom ...
The Baltimore Sun

Harford school board gets first look at Next Generation Science Standards

Fifth and eighth-graders will be the first Harford County Public Schools students exposed to the Next Generation Science Standards adopted by the state of Maryland, in the form of new standardized ...