Based upon ten case studies, "Prediction" explores how science-based predictions guide policy making and what this means in terms of global warming, biogenetically modifying organisms and polluting the environment with chemicals.

Contributions by: Stanley A. Changnon, Rob Ravenscroft, Orrin H. Pilkey, Shirley Mattingly, Denis Walaker, Jack Fellows, J. Michael Pendleton, Ronald Brunner, Thomas R. Stewart