Oxford Dictionary of English Adds Climate Science Vocabulary

Photo by Cofrin Library We love seeing the ways the environmental movement alters mainstream culture, and the degree of its impact can be viewed quickly by just taking a look at the dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary is no slouch on keeping up with new words created in every corner from clean tech to the DIY movement — like when “hypermiling” made it as word of the year in 2008. Added to the latest edition are such greenie favories (or not) as “staycation,” “carbon capture and storage,” and “geo-engineering.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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