Defining dangerous anthropogenic interference: The role of science, the limits of science

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1399-1407

  Oppenheimer, Michael ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Ice sheets; Precautionary principle; UNFCCC

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURAL SCIENCES; PUBLIC POLICY;

ANTHROPOGENIC INTERFERENCE; ICE SHEETS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLES; UNFCCC;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; LAW; LEARNING; NATURAL SCIENCE; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 31944447316     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00687.x     Document Type: Review

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