The breadth and depth of the report are impressive, says David Brooks, an environmental scientist at Friends of the Earth in Ottawa, Canada, who has read a draft.
Their qualifications would need to include the breadth of their reporting, both in the number of teams they covered and the number of regional conferences attended.
None of the other publications matched the breadth of application reported for our pipeline in Venter et al. (2011).
Despite the committee's breadth of views, its report echoed the IPCC's conclusion that humans are at least partly to blame for the current climate change (ScienceNOW, 22 January).
Items at this point in the development process were chosen to cover the breadth of experience reported by our informants.
In the Maastricht study, average scores attributed by first-year students to the breadth and depth of discussion were 3.0 ± 0.4 and 3.4 ± 0.5 respectively [ 6] The results of this study showed that the breadth of discussion during reporting phase was affected by the searching and preparing phases of the self-study process.
In conclusion, our case study adds to the breadth of case reports and knowledge that exists on this subject.
Not likely but media and other observers should look closely at the scope of the report and the breadth of its findings before forming their final conclusions.
Skim through the full document — the depth and breadth of its reporting is astonishing, especially when you consider that this is only one of several global reports of this character that the department cranks out each year.
It won't be many, as the length, depth, breadth of reference, and report language are intimidating, challenging, and very time-consuming, and I fear that this massive effort may not achieve its purpose other than to provide a kind of foundation for a massive bureaucratic edifice and process for which the UN is well-known and for which the public has no connection.
