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Discerning experts, the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy, Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes, Dale Jamieson, Keynyn Brysse, Jessica O'Reilly, Matthew Shindell, and Milena Wazeck

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Discerning experts, the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy, Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes, Dale Jamieson, Keynyn Brysse, Jessica O'Reilly, Matthew Shindell, and Milena Wazeck

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Discerning experts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1043051574

Responsibility statement

Michael Oppenheimer, Naomi Oreskes, Dale Jamieson, Keynyn Brysse, Jessica O'Reilly, Matthew Shindell, and Milena Wazeck

Sub title

the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy

Summary

"Discerning Experts assesses the assessments that many governments rely on to help guide environmental policy and action. Through their close look at environmental assessments involving acid rain, ozone depletion, and sea level rise, the authors explore how experts deliberate and decide on the scientific facts about problems like climate change. They also seek to understand how the scientists involved make the judgments they do, how the organization and management of assessment activities affects those judgments, and how expertise is identified and constructed."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The need for expert judgment -- Assessing acid rain in the United States: the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program -- Assessing ozone depletion -- Assessing the ice: sea level rise predictions from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, 1981-2007 -- Patrolling the science/policy border -- What assessments do -- Conclusion

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