History of Understanding of the Human Impact on Climate

人类对气候影响的理解历史

• 批准号: 9023424
• 负责人: Spencer Weart
• 金额: $ 6.23万
• 依托单位: American Institute of Physics
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-02-15 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9023424&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: History; Understanding; Human; Impact; Climate

The possible changes in global climate caused by human activities are a matter of great scientific interest and also have grave implications for the world economy and social order. Study of the subject began in the mid-nineteenth century and continued intermittently for the next hundred years. In the early 1950s, the impact of human activity on global climate came under sustained scientific investigation. Further, this scientific study increasingly reached the eye of the public. By the late 1980s, when policy makers began to take an interest, there was a long and rich history of research, achievement, and controversy. This history has never been studied systematically and is largely unknown. Dr. Weart is determining the main features of the history of research into human impact on climate. He is also studying how this scientific work has related to public understanding of the problem. This study aims not only for publication of results in historical and scientific journals, but also at preservation--for use of future researchers--of materials documenting the subject-- materials now dispersed and liable to destruction. This project promises significant contributions both to the social scientific study of human dimensions of global environmental change and to the history of science and technology. Consequently, this project is being supported by the Division of Social and Economic Sciences and the History and Philosophy of Science Program.

人类活动可能引起的全球气候变化 是一个具有重大科学意义的问题， 对世界经济和社会秩序的影响。 研究 这门学科始于世纪中期， 在接下来的一百年里断断续续地发生 1950年代初， 人类活动对全球气候的影响持续 科学调查 此外，这项科学研究 越来越多地进入公众的视线。 到20世纪80年代末， 当政策制定者开始关注时， 丰富的历史研究，成就和争议。 这 历史从来没有被系统地研究过， 未知 Weart博士正在确定历史的主要特征 人类对气候影响的研究。 他也在研究如何 这项科学工作关系到公众对 问题. 这项研究的目的不仅是为了发表结果， 历史和科学期刊，但也在保存-为 利用未来的研究人员--记录这个主题的材料-- 这些材料现在已经分散，可能会被销毁。 这个项目 承诺对社会科学和 全球环境变化对人的影响的研究 科学技术史 因此，该项目是 由社会和经济科学司提供支持， 科学史和科学哲学课程