A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation

• Now available in Oxford Paperback Reference
• Contains over 8,500 entries on environmental science and conservation
• Social as well as scientific focus: comprehensive coverage of the social aspect of environmental science (including treaties, organizations, and agencies relating to the environment) as well as ecology
• Over 30 highlighted entries on key topics, such as Air pollution, Chernobyl, El Niño, Gaia hypothesis, and Ozone depletion
• Appendices cover a range of related subjects including web links, international environmental treaties, the Beaufort Scale, the Richter scale, and the geological timescale
• Suitable for students of environmental science and related subjects, professionals in environmental fields, and the general reader interested in environment and conservation

New to this edition

• Now available in the Oxford Paperback Reference series

Readership: Students of environmental science, ecology, conservation, geography, earth sciences, and biology. Professionals in jobs related to the environment, such as heritage groups and trusts, government agencies. The general reader interested in environmental science and conservation.

Chris Park, Graduate School, Lancaster University

Review(s) from previous edition

"[its] choices are sound and its decisions solid - New Scientist

"a useful tool " - TLS

Introduction
Contents
A to Z entries
Appendix 1
Sources of online data on the environment
Appendix 2
International environment treaties
Appendix 3
The Beaufort scale of wind strength
Appendix 4
The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale
Appendix 5
The Fujita scale of tornado intensity
Appendix 6
Torino asteroid and comet impact hazard scale
Appendix 7
Richter earthquake magnitude and modified Mercalli earthquake intensity scales
Appendix 8
The geological timescale
Appendix 9
Chemical elements
Appendix 10
Si units and conversions