Modern Dictionary of Environmental Science and Enginerring : Comprehensive and Illustrated (Reprint)

Contents Preface. 1. Agricultural biology environment. 2. Atmospheric chemistry. 3. Carbon dioxide and climate. 4. Civic environment disaster. 5. Coastal terminology. 6. Ecosystem. 7. Ecosystem management. 8. Engine emissions. 9. Environment health. 10. Forest genetics. 11. Hurricane. 12. Meteorology. 13. Mountain meteorology. 14. Pollution control. 15. Recycling terminology. 16. Snow technology. 17. Toxic substances. 18. Water quality and waste management. 19. Water quality terminology. 20. Weather climate geology. 21. Weather terminology. Environmental Science and Engineering is the study of the interactions among the physical chemical and biological components of the environment with a focus on pollution and degradation of the environment related to human activities and the impact on biodiversity and sustainability from the local and global development. This environmental dictionary includes over 6000 terms with heavy emphasis on agricultural biology environment atmospheric chemistry Carbon dioxide and climate civic environment disaster coastal terminology ecosystem ecosystem management terms environment health terminology forest genetics hurricane meteorology mountain meteorology pollution control recycling terminology snow glossary toxic substances water quality and waste management water quality terms weather climate geology meteorology weather glossary words and phrases such as rad greenhouse effect ozone layer and nuclear winter are all here. A useful list of acronyms such as EPA EIS and GRAS is also included. The need to consider the environmental impacts for any industrial activity is now taken for granted. Environmental science has become an interdisciplinary subject dealing with elements of ecology chemistry economics engineering biochemistry politics and sociology. This clearly presented and thoroughly comprehensive dictionary is indispensable to all those concerned with the world's environment. 1088 pp.…