DICTIONARY OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSER 2 ED

Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research
Over 700 entries new to this edition, including aerial plankton, cyclone collector, oasis, and supertramp
Social as well as scientific focus: comprehensive coverage of the social aspect of environmental science (including treaties, organisations, and agencies relating to the environment) as well as ecology
Appendices provide sources of online data on the environment, international environment treaties, the Beaufort scale of wind strength, the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, the Fujita scale of tornado intensity, the Torino asteroid and comet impact hazard scale, the Richter earthquake magnitude and modified Mercalli earthquake intensity scales, a geological time-scale, the chemical elements, and SI units and conversions
Features recommended web links that are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website
Includes line drawings to illustrate entries