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- Title
Scientific advice: Crisis counsellors.
- Authors
Witze, Alexandra; Morello, Lauren; Turner, Marian
- Abstract
The article focuses on the important role of scientific advisers in addressing the impacts of disasters. Topics discussed include the efforts made by population biologist John Beddington during the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, the formation of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), and the efforts made by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) to address the life-threatening results of the Deepwater Horizon spill outbreak in Hamburg, Germany.
- Subjects
EYJAFJALLAJOKULL Volcano (Iceland); SCIENCE consultants; DISASTERS &; society; BEDDINGTON, John; VOLCANIC eruptions; ROBERT Koch-Institut; DEEPWATER Horizon (Drilling rig)
- Publication
Nature, 2014, Vol 512, Issue 7515, p360
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/512360a