Discerning Experts: The Practices of Scientific Assessment for Environmental Policy

by Michael Oppenheimer, Milena Wazeck, Dale Jamieson, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022660201X
• ISBN13: 9780226602011
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"