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Book Ozone Depletion and Climate Change

Download or read book Ozone Depletion and Climate Change written by Matthew J. Hoffmann and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew J. Hoffmann explores the fundamental question of who should participate in the global response to ozone depletion and climate change. Blending social constructivist theory with insights from the study of complex adaptive systems, Hoffmann develops a unique framework for understanding the emergence and evolution of participation norms, which define the appropriate global response and shape how states have perceived the problems, defined their interests and strategies, and pursued governance. The explanation is rigorously developed through an innovative combination of formal analysis and in-depth empirical case studies. Agent-based computer simulation modeling is employed to explore essential norm dynamics, analysis that is complemented and extended by process-tracing case studies that examine governance activities from 1986 through 2003. The result provides the understanding necessary for improving global responses to environmental problems.

Book NASA and the environment the case of ozone depletion

Download or read book NASA and the environment the case of ozone depletion written by W. Henry Lambright and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Climate Change

Download or read book Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Climate Change written by Rolf Müller (physicien.) and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2012 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, several new concepts have emerged in the field of stratospheric ozone depletion, creating a need for a concise in-depth publication covering the ozone-climate issue. This monograph fills that void in the literature and gives detailed treatment of recent advances in the field of stratospheric ozone depletion. It puts particular emphasis on the coupling between changes in the ozone layer and atmospheric change caused by a changing climate. The book, written by leading experts in the field, brings the reader the most recent research in this area and fills the gap between advanced textbooks and assessments.

Book The Case of Ozone Depletion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nasa Technical Reports Server (Ntrs)
  • Publisher : BiblioGov
  • Release : 2013-07
  • ISBN : 9781289157791
  • Pages : 64 pages

Download or read book The Case of Ozone Depletion written by Nasa Technical Reports Server (Ntrs) and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) houses half a million publications that are a valuable means of information to researchers, teachers, students, and the general public. These documents are all aerospace related with much scientific and technical information created or funded by NASA. Some types of documents include conference papers, research reports, meeting papers, journal articles and more. This is one of those documents.

Book Power and Knowledge in International Environmental Politics

Download or read book Power and Knowledge in International Environmental Politics written by Karen Therese Litfin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Ozone Layer

    Book Details:
  • Author : Guy Brasseur
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020
  • ISBN : 9781944970543
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Ozone Layer written by Guy Brasseur and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the discovery of ozone in the eighteenth century, through the late twentieth-century international agreements to protect humanity from the destruction of ozone in the stratosphere, Guy P. Brasseur traces the evolution of our scientific knowledge on air quality issues and stratospheric chemistry and dynamics. The history of ozone research is marked by typical examples of the scientific method at work, perfectly illustrating how knowledge progresses. Hypotheses are contested and then eventually accepted or rejected; truths once believed to be universal and permanent can be called into question; and debates and disagreements between scientists are settled by information from laboratory and field experiments. Of course, the scientific method can also lead to new observations--in this case, the discovery of the ozone hole. This finding took researchers by surprise, leading to new investigations and research programs. This first complete study of ozone research demonstrates the key role fundamental research plays in solving global environmental, climate, and human health problems. More importantly, it shows that the scientific method works. Convincing decision makers of research results that do not correspond to their values, or to the interests of certain business groups, stands to be the highest hurdle in using science to benefit humanity. Students, early-career scientists, and even specialists who do not know much about the history of their field will benefit from this big picture view, offered by a researcher who has played leadership roles in stewarding this science through decades of discovery.

Book The Case of Ozone Depletion

    Book Details:
  • Author : W. Henry Lambright
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2005-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781422300862
  • Pages : 68 pages

Download or read book The Case of Ozone Depletion written by W. Henry Lambright and published by . This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When ozone depletion first became an issue in the late 1960s, NASA was preoccupied with Apollo & landing a man on the Moon. NASA's existing mission to observe planet Earth was augmented & directed more toward environmental quality. This report describes how in the late 1980s, NASA sought to plan & establish a new environmental effort that eventuated in the 1990s with the Earth Observing System. The Agency was able to make its initial mark via atmospheric monitoring, specifically ozone depletion. An important policy stimulus in many respects, ozone depletion spawned the Montreal Protocol of 1987. It served as a bridge linking NASA's weather & land-resource satellites to NASA's concern for the global changes affecting the home planet. Illus.

Book The Case of Ozone Depletion

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-08-20
  • ISBN : 9781721016242
  • Pages : 62 pages

Download or read book The Case of Ozone Depletion written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is widely perceived as a space agency, since its inception NASA has had a mission dedicated to the home planet. Initially, this mission involved using space to better observe and predict weather and to enable worldwide communication. Meteorological and communication satellites showed the value of space for earthly endeavors in the 1960s. In 1972, NASA launched Landsat, and the era of earth-resource monitoring began. At the same time, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the environmental movement swept throughout the United States and most industrialized countries. The first Earth Day event took place in 1970, and the government generally began to pay much more attention to issues of environmental quality. Mitigating pollution became an overriding objective for many agencies. NASA's existing mission to observe planet Earth was augmented in these years and directed more toward environmental quality. In the 1980s, NASA sought to plan and establish a new environmental effort that eventuated in the 1990s with the Earth Observing System (EOS). The Agency was able to make its initial mark via atmospheric monitoring, specifically ozone depletion. An important policy stimulus in many respects, ozone depletion spawned the Montreal Protocol of 1987 (the most significant international environmental treaty then in existence). It also was an issue critical to NASA's history that served as a bridge linking NASA's weather and land-resource satellites to NASA s concern for the global changes affecting the home planet. Significantly, as a global environmental problem, ozone depletion underscored the importance of NASA's ability to observe Earth from space. Moreover, the NASA management team's ability to apply large-scale research efforts and mobilize the talents of other agencies and the private sector illuminated its role as a lead agency capable of crossing organizational boundaries as well as the science-policy divide.L

Book Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014

Download or read book Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014 written by National Oceanic And Atmospheric Adminis and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document is part of the information upon which the Parties to the United Nations Montreal Protocol will base their future decisions regarding ozone-depleting substances, their alternatives, and protection of the ozone layer. It is the latest in a long series of scientific assessments that have informed the Parties and contains the policy-relevant major findings of the Assessment's five scientific chapters. Actions taken under the Montreal Protocol have led to decreases in the atmospheric abundance of controlled ozone-depleting substances (ODSs), and are enabling the return of the ozone layer toward 1980 levels. This comprehensive volume includes many tables, figures, and charts throughout; and the appendices include acronyms and abbreviations, listings of authors, contributors, and reviewers from around the world, and chemical formulas. Related products: NASA and the Environment: The Case of Ozone Depletion is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/nasa-and-environment-case-ozone-depletion Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Pt. 96-99, Revised as of July 1, 2016 can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/code-federal-regulations-title-40-protection-environment-pt-96-99-revised-july-1-2016 Our Changing Atmosphere: Discoveries from EOS Aura (Booklet) -reduced list price while supplies last available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/our-changing-atmosphere-discoveries-eos-aura-booklet

Book Scientific Integrity and Public Trust

Download or read book Scientific Integrity and Public Trust written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Twenty Questions and Answers about the Ozone Layer

Download or read book Twenty Questions and Answers about the Ozone Layer written by Michaela I. Hegglin and published by . This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stratospheric ozone depletion   the case for policy action

Download or read book Stratospheric ozone depletion the case for policy action written by Daniel J. Dudek and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book NASA and the Environment

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2013-11
  • ISBN : 9781493700400
  • Pages : 74 pages

Download or read book NASA and the Environment written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is widely perceived as a space agency, since its inception NASA has had a mission dedicated to the home planet. Initially, this mission involved using space to better observe and predict weather and to enable worldwide communication. Meteorological and communication satellites showed the value of space for earthly endeavors in the 1960s. In 1972, NASA launched Landsat, and the era of earth-resource monitoring began. At the same time, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the environmental movement swept throughout the United Sates and most industrialized countries. The first Earth Day event took place in 1970, and the government generally began to pay much more attention to issues of environmental quality. Mitigating pollution became an overriding objective for many agencies. NASA's existing mission to observe planet Earth was augmented in these years and directed more toward environmental quality. In the 1980s, NASA sought to plan and establish a new environmental effort that eventuated in the 1990s with the Earth Observing System (EOS). The Agency was able to make its initial mark via atmospheric monitoring, specifically ozone depletion. An important policy stimulus in many respects, ozone depletion spawned the Montreal Protocol of 1987 (the most significant international environmental treaty then in existence). It also was an issue critical to NASA's history that served as a bridge linking NASA's weather and land-resource satellites to NASA's concern for the global changes affecting the home planet. Significantly, as a global environmental problem, ozone depletion underscored the importance of NASA's ability to observe Earth from space. Moreover, the NASA management team's ability to apply large-scale research efforts and mobilize the talents of other agencies and the private sector illuminated its role as a “lead” agency capable of crossing organizational boundaries as well as the science-policy divide. The approach used to examine the evolving relationship between an agency and a program focuses on decision-making. The decision-making process goes through a number of stages that can span many years. The ozone decision-making process began in the late 1960s. Along the way, NASA assumed a new role and developed new relationships with other agencies. It made key decisions in the program's birth and development. While no longer acute, the ozone policy process continues, and there is increased scientific recognition of the link between ozone depletion and climate change. That link, along with other issues remaining to be understood, has required constant attention. Ozone depletion thus represents an important case study in the history of NASA and environmental sciences. It is one from which many lessons can be learned about the management of science and technology and the application of knowledge to policy-making decisions. In tracking NASA's decision-making process, the author has made use of the various books on ozone policy—and it should be emphasized this paper's orientation is on ozone policy and the NASA government program, not the history of environmental science.

Book Stratospheric Ozone Damage and Legal Liability

Download or read book Stratospheric Ozone Damage and Legal Liability written by Lisa Elges and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5.3 Unreasonableness of interference -- PART III Defences -- 6 Statutes of limitation and repose -- 7 Federal and state law pre-emption under the Clean Air Act -- 8 Regulatory compliance defence -- 9 Downstream liability question -- 10 Open and obvious risks -- 10.1 Summary of conclusions to Part III -- PART IV Rationale, relevance and objectives of the ozone layer case -- 11 The basis for assessing why the ozone layer case is relevant and important -- 11.1 Should tort law remedies be pursued in the ozone layer case? -- 11.2 Are administrative remedies available, and if not, is a tort remedy warranted? -- 11.3 Are other legal remedies available, and if not, is a tort remedy warranted? -- 12 Tort law policy basis for the ozone layer case -- 12.1 Corrective justice -- 12.2 Social justice -- 12.3 Deterrence -- 13 Lessons and benefits for climate change policy and litigation -- 14 Conclusion -- Appendix: Annual production of ozone depleting substance globally and by US companies in the United States, 1931-2012 -- Bibliography -- Index

Book Handbook for the International Treaties for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

Download or read book Handbook for the International Treaties for the Protection of the Ozone Layer written by and published by UNEP/Earthprint. This book was released on 2003 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook contains the full texts of the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol, including amendments and decisions adopted by the Parties upto the end of the year 2002, as well as information on the rule of procedure for meetings, the evolution of the Montreal Protocol, and on sources of further information.

Book The International Legal R  gime for the Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer

Download or read book The International Legal R gime for the Protection of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer written by Osamu Yoshida and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of Professor Yoshida’s monograph, The International Legal Régime for the Protection of the Stratosphere Ozone Layer, provided a renowned and comprehensive contemporary study of the international ozone régime. In the second revised edition, the author analyses important developments in the ozone treaty régime.

Book NASA and the Environment

Download or read book NASA and the Environment written by W. Henry Lambright and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tracking NASA's decision-making process, the author has made use of the various books on ozone policy and it should be emphasized this paper's orientation is on ozone policy and the NASA government program, not the history of environmental science.