the practices of scientific assessment for environmental policy Oppenheimer, Michael. text bibliography ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press 2019 monographic eng

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xv, 281 p. : ill. "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." 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. Michael Oppenheimer ... [et al.]. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 GE70 .D57 2019 9780226601960 (hbk.) 022660196X (hbk.) 9780226602011 (pbk.) 022660201X (pbk.) 2018021455 210420 on1043051574