02214cam a2200373 i 4500 on1043051574 OCoLC ta 210420s2019 ilua b 001 0 eng c 2018021455 9780226601960 (hbk.) 022660196X (hbk.) 9780226602011 (pbk.) 022660201X (pbk.) (OCoLC)1043051574 GE70 .D57 2019 Discerning experts : the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy / Michael Oppenheimer ... [et al.]. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2019. xv, 281 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. "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." National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (U.S.) Environmental sciences Research Evaluation. Environmental sciences Research Evaluation Case studies. Acid rain Research Evaluation. United States Ozone layer depletion Research Evaluation. Sea level Research Antarctica Evaluation. Environmental policy Research United States. Research Evaluation. Expertise. Oppenheimer, Michael. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 GE70 .D57 2019 PNLIB21062366 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 2553 2553