About the Author

Michael Allaby has written many books on environmental science and especially on climatology and meteorology. He is the General Editor of several Oxford dictionaries, including the Dictionaries of Earth Sciences, Ecology, Plant Sciences, and Zoology. Chris Park is a Professor Emeritus at Lancaster University where he was Director of the Graduate School from 2001 to 2009. He is a graduate of the University of Ulster and Exeter
University and taught environmental courses for over 30 years. His other publications include more than 50 journal articles and 10 books, including The Environment: Principals and Applications (2001, Routledge).

Reviews

`Review from previous edition This dictionary is a useful tool.'
Austin Williams, TLS
`With some bad environmental dictionaries on the market, it is refreshing to find a good one.'
Fred Pearce, New Scientist
`[its] choices are sound and its decisions solid'
New Scientist