Article: Common threads: research lessons from acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming.

The process by which environmental problems are identified and evolve as scientific issues cannot be taken for granted. Environmental threats do not just "pop up" overnight; rather, they are identified by individuals who are constantly interpreting the results of numerous research efforts in many different disciplines.(1) As governments and scientific communities organize their research efforts and determine their priorities, they must be sensitive to the process of scientific investigation, research interpretation, and problem identification. A discussion that highlights this process can provide insight into how critical environmental problems have been identified and ...

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