Oxford Dictionary of Environment and Conservation Second Edition (Oxford Paperback Reference)

This dictionary contains over 9,000 A to Z entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment. Thoroughly revised and updated, it covers the latest research and theories in this fast-moving field. This is a must-have for students of environment and conservation studies and ancillary subjects.

Key features

• 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

Readership

Students taking courses in environmental science, environmental conservation, environmental studies, environmental technology, conservations studies, and ancillary subjects

BIC Subject

• Reference works
• The environment