Publisher's Synopsis
Designed as an essential reference source for anyone concerned with global climate change, this authoritative and comprehensive work covers not only scientific terms and concepts but also the multitude of abbreviations and acronyms that litter the burgeoning literature - both specialist and journalistic - on one of today's most important environmental issues. From "acid rain" to "zooplankton" from "ACCAD" to "WWW" the dictionary includes clear explanations of technical terms, spells out abbreviations and acronyms, explains the origins and roles of the many organizations and projects involved in monitoring changing climate and our responses to it, and incorporates the ecological and biotic dimensions of the subject.;Written to be accessible to the non-specialist, the dictionary will be useful to a wide readership. Scientists and students will find it valuable in connection with research and course work in environmental science, ecology, geography and Earth science; policy-makers, government officials and politicians may turn to it for clear explanations of all the specialist terms they encounter in the course of their work; and journalists and the concerned general reader need look no further for reliable information and informed perpsective on environmental matters of profound importance to us all.;"Dr John Maunder is a former Assistant Director of the New Zealand Meteorological Service. He is currently Senior Adviser (Climate, Economics, and Planning) in the Canadian Climate Centre. He has held appointments in the World Meteorological Organization, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the Stockholm Environment Institute, as well as at universities in New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He is currently President of the Commission for Climatology of the World Meteorological Organization and Chair of the WMO Advisory Committee on Climate Applications and Data.".;This book is intended for widespread reference market, both specialist and general. An essential purchase for any library.
