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Committee on Earth Resources

The Committee on Earth Resources, established in 1991, is a standing committee of the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and serves the community by monitoring and engaging on issues relevant to energy and nonfuel mineral resources. The committee examines issues related to the availability, supply, delivery, and impacts of energy and mineral resources; the health and safety of the workforce engaged in resource exploration and production; and the management and stewardship of the lands on which they are located. The committee serves stakeholders with objective, evidence-based scientific and engineering information to help support decision and policy making.

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Subsurface Data and Machine Learning

  • June 6 - 7, 2019
  • Meeting
  • Past

Collection and analysis of data on the contents and structure of the Earth’s subsurface have been important throughout U.S. history for the identification, development, and stewardship of the nation’s...

Process, Challenges, and Opportunities for Research on Upstream Aspects of U.S. Coal Production

  • October 25 - 26, 2018
  • Meeting
  • Past

Coal continues to play a vital role in the global energy mix, accounting for nearly 30% of the world’s primary energy supply and approximately 40% of its electricity generation, as well as serving as...

Critical Minerals and Materials

  • May 9 - 10, 2018
  • Meeting
  • Past

The Committee on Earth Resources held their Spring 2018 meeting on May 9, 2018. The topic of discussion for this event was Critical Minerals and Materials: Opportunities, challenges, and needs for U.S...

Geoscience in Four Dimensions; Seafloor Mining

  • November 13 - 14, 2017
  • Meeting
  • Past

Geosciences are critical for the economic growth of the United States, and also provide a vital contribution to national security. Geological, geophysical and geospatial data have fundamentally enhanc...

Hard-Rock Mines

  • April 10, 2017
  • 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Meeting
  • Past

Mineral and Energy Resource Issues for the Coming Decade

  • November 14, 2016
  • 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM (EST)
  • Meeting
  • Past

The Autumn 2016 meeting of the Committee on Earth Resources provided a forum for discussion of pressing mineral and energy resource issues and key scientific and technical challenges for the coming de...

Next Generation Oil and Gas Research: Science and Technology to Drive Innovation

  • May 4, 2016
  • 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM (EDT)
  • Meeting
  • Past

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s Committee on Earth Resources (CER) organized its standing committee meeting on May 4, 2016 at the Keck Center with an informational sessio...
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