What are several differences between public risk perception and scientific risk assessment?

What will be an ideal response?


Public risk perception is driven by emotion and people's concern about particular hazards. Sometimes the emotion is well founded and sometimes not. Scientific risk assessment is immune the such emotional bias because science requires data to support conclusions.

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Climate change science is an integral part of physical geography and Earth system science

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Groundwater will move through any rock/sediment or soil that is porous. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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