Communicating global change science to society an assessment and case studies
National governments and research scientists may be equally concerned with issues of global environmental change, but their interests-and their timelines-are not the same. Governments are often focused on short-term effects and local impacts of global phenomena. Scientists, on the other hand, are lo...
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Washington [DC]
Island Press
2007
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| Institutions: | Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh |
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| Summary: | National governments and research scientists may be equally concerned with issues of global environmental change, but their interests-and their timelines-are not the same. Governments are often focused on short-term effects and local impacts of global phenomena. Scientists, on the other hand, are loath to engage in speculation about the specific consequences of large-scale environmental trends |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 217 p. ill. 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 1597261777 9781597261777 |