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The most relentless tornado
in U.S. history? – March 18, 1925. 3.5 hours. 695 died.
Discover more
in Famous First Facts About the Environment.
New
York, New York, May 30, 2002
From global warming and toxic
waste dumping to organic farming and sustainable development,
the environment has always been a topic of concern, and a point
of contention, for people around the world. That's why
librarians and educators will snap up the information-heavy
completely up-to-date new reference,
Famous First Facts About
the Environment, from the H. W. Wilson Company.
Examining every aspect of the
earth's environment and the human actions that affect it, this
powerhouse resource covers the globe from before recorded
history to the present. It features the most interesting
environmental firsts that researchers could find by culling
through a thousands of sources.
Its 4,000 fascinating and
succinct entries provide readers with an impartial collection of
facts about the environment, as well as significant related
topics not addressed in other environmental reference works.
Here's a glance at its wide-ranging subjects:
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activist
movements
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extinct and endangered species
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air pollution
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genetic engineering and biotechnology
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alien species and
species migration
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hunting and trapping
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biodiversity
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nuclear power
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botany
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oceanography
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climate and
weather
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population growth
Edited by noted environmental
expert Ronald J. Formica, this resource's stunning range of
entries is first organized categorically, then chronologically.
Researchers will also spend a lot of time perusing the volume's
five indexes (subject, by year, by month and day, personal name,
and geographical), as well as an A-to-Z list of every topic
covered.
Famous First Facts About
the Environment • 587 pages • August 2002 •
ISBN 0-8242-0974 -5
Since 1898, the independent
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