What is National Academy of Sciences?
{{main|United States National Academies}} [[File:NationalAcademySciences 07110011.jpg|thumb|United States National Academy of Sciences building, in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=NASbuildings>{{cite web | author = National Academy of Sciences | title = Visiting Our Buildings | url = http://www.nationalacademies.org/about/contact | accessdate = 12 October 2010}}</ref>]]'''National Academy of Sciences''' ('''NAS''') is [[United States]] [[corporation]] whose members serve as advisers to the nation on [[science]]. New members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original [[research]]. The National Academy of Sciences is part of the [[United States National Academies]], which also includes: * ''[[National Academy of Engineering]]'' (NAE) * ''Institute of Medicine'' (IOM) * ''[[National Research Council|United States National Research Council]]'' (NRC) The NAS is running 21-month project which will study how humans might influence weather patterns, assess dangers and investigate possible national security implications of climate geoengineering attempts to mitigate [[global warming]]. The project is funded by the [[CIA]], the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]], and [[NASA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www8.nationalacademies.org/pa/projectview.aspx?key=49540|title=Project:|website=www8.nationalacademies.org}}</ref><ref>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/cia-geoengineering-control-climate-change Mother Jones</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23898-cia-spooks-investigate-geoengineering-to-fix-climate/|title=CIA spooks investigate geoengineering to fix climate|first=Peter|last=Aldhous|website=New Scientist}}</ref> ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline|Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences}} *[http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ABOUT_main_page National Academy of Sciences: About the NAS] ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{aut