Publisher's Synopsis
Thoroughly revised and updated, this comprehensive dictionary reflects the great diversity of disciplines impacting on the environmental arena. More than 4,000 entries are drawn from agriculture, biology, chemistry, engineering, medicine, microbiology, soil science, geology, meteorology, toxicology, government, law and more. The dictionary is for students, teachers, business people, politicians, science and technical writers and general readers interested in this fast-growing and sometimes controversial field.
