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Famous First Facts About the Environment
“From animal rights to zoos, this handbook presents 
exhaustive information about our environment, 
with over 150 themes covering every aspect of the 
environment you can think of plus lots more... This is 
a nicely curated, specialized dictionary which will be 
suitable as a starting point for independent research 
and further study.”  –Booklist
Famous First Facts About the Environment provides readers with a record of 
important and interesting environmental firsts and presents them in a global 
perspective.  These entries are designed to encourage further research and discovery, 
so readers can deepen their understanding of issues related to the environment.
Using the popular Famous First Facts style, this second edition adds a significant 
number of environmental firsts since the first edition was published over 20 years ago, 
to bring coverage into the twenty-first century.  It is the most comprehensive volume of 
global environmental “firsts” available.  
The entries in Famous First Facts About the Environment demonstrate that the 
environment has always been a topic of concern for people around the world.  Climate 
change, renewable resources, electric vehicles, and natural resources are front and center 
on the minds of today’s global citizen, so the need for environmental facts is great. 
The goal of Famous First Facts About the Environment is to cover not only the 
obvious environmental firsts, but to also include entries on topics not found in other 
environmental reference works.  The diversity of subjects covered in this volume include:
Famous First Facts About the Environment includes more than 4,500 entries, 
organized by main subject heading and helpful subheadings.  Within each category 
or subcategory, entries are arranged chronologically. Five indexes help readers find 
specific entries with ease: Subject Index, Index by Year, Index by Month and Day, 
Personal Name Index, and Geographical Index.
Famous First Facts About the Environment traces humanity’s increasing concern 
about the welfare of the environment and chronicles the crucial events in the history 
of the planet from ancient times to the present.
Famous First Facts About 
the Environment      Second Edition
Second Edition
SEPTEMBER 2023
One Volume; 663 pages
ISBN: 978-1-63700-514-9
List Price: $195
Print Purchase Includes
FREE ONLINE ACCESS
“The variety of environmental 
issues covered and the 
chronological presentation 
complement other environmental 
resources. This comprehensive, 
detail-oriented, and accessible 
compilation is a timesaving 
and valuable reference tool for 
environmental researchers. 
Academic and public libraries 
alike will find this a worthwhile 
purchase for their science reference 
collections.” –Booklist
“Librarians will appreciate the 
tremendous effort required 
to compile all this data in one 
convenient and easy-to-use 
resource. This unique work  
should be purchased by any  
size library that needs an  
account of environmental  
firsts.” –Library Journal
• Activist Movements
• Agriculture & Horticulture
• Air Pollution
• Automotive Industry
• Biodiversity
• Birds
• Botany
• Climate & Weather
• Coal & Natural Gas
• Droughts & Water Shortages
• Education & Research
• Extinct & Endangered Species
• Fish & Fishing
• Forests & Trees
• Hazardous Waste
• Hunting & Trapping
• Land Use & Development
• Mines & Mining
• Natural Resources
• Nuclear Power
• Oceans & Oceanography
• Oil & Petroleum Industry
• Population Growth
• Soil Resources
• Solar Energy
• Solid Waste
• Storms
• Water Pollution
• Water Power
• Water Supply
• Wildlife
• Wind Power

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