{"product_id":"9781402044946","title":"Encyclopedia of Environmental Science","description":"\u003ch3\u003eEncyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series Earth and Environmental Science Reference Module Physical and Materials Science Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eEncyclopedia of Environmental Science\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eD.E. Alexander | Rhodes W. Fairbridge\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Environmental Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA strongly interdisciplinary and  wide-ranging survey of the environment of life on Earth: the most  authoritative and comprehensive source on environmental science to be  collected together in a single volume. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eUnique in presenting both  a basic overview and detailed information on environmental topics.  \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eEntries are arranged in an encyclopedic A-Z format and contain  extensive cross-references to related entries, as well as references  to primary and secondary literature. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eOver 370 separate entries  prepared by 228 leading experts from 25 countries. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eIncorporates  25 substantial in-depth treatments of key areas and also includes  biographies of leading scientists and environmentalists.  \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eContains a comprehensive subject index and a citation index of  all referenced authors. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e  The \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia of Environmental Science\u003c\/em\u003e is a multidisciplinary  reference work, which crosses many fields of interest and includes a  wide variety of scholarly and authoritative articles on mankind's  environment. It provides information on the atmosphere, hydrosphere,  biosphere and geosphere and is careful to focus on the connections  between these realms and the Earth as a whole. Taken as a whole, the  \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e surveys basic environmental science and applied  areas of study, and is drawn from the physical sciences, life sciences  and social sciences. \u003cbr\u003e  The 228 authors from 25 different countries, many of whom are the  leading authorities in their field, include biologists, ecologists,  geographers, geologists, political scientists, soil scientists,  hydrologists, climatologists, and representatives of many other  disciplines and academic specialties. The work, which is amply  referenced and cross-referenced, consists of substantial essays on  major topics, medium-sized entries and short definitional entries. The  shorter entries include useful biographies of leading scientists and  environmentalists. \u003cbr\u003e  The \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e will be invaluable to all readers interested in  the environment of life on Earth, its past, present and future, and  its physical and social dimensions. The text provides a source of  well-classified basic information as well as covering the leading  theories and important debates in the environmental sciences. In  addition, the book also includes assessments of the future prospects  for the Earth's environment in the face of pollution, population  increases and the accelerating transformation of land, air, water and  vegetational systems. \u003cbr\u003e  The \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia\u003c\/em\u003e is unique in presenting both a basic overview  and detailed information on environmental topics and is suitable for  the general scientific reader and the specialized environmental  scientist in academic institutions, research laboratories or private  practice.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eDavid Alexander\u003c\/em\u003e is in the Department of Geology and Geography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst\r\n\r\nProfessor \u003cem\u003eRhodes W. Fairbridge\u003c\/em\u003e is emeritus Professor of Geology at Columbia University and is now visiting scientist at the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (NASA, NY). 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