Encyclopedia of Environmental Change

The Encyclopedia of Environmental Change, reviewed here in its e-book version, is essentially the second edition of the editor’s 2001 single volume work, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Environmental Change published by Oxford University Press. Environmental change is a broad concept and, for this work, includes not only climate change but also change affecting the earth from the Pre-Quaternary period through the present and even potential future environmental changes. Emphasis is not only on the natural sciences but also relevant disciplines involving physical, chemical and biological processes and applied sciences such as engineering and agriculture. Even the social sciences and...