Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 42 provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views of Earth's resources. It serves as a bridge connecting the domains of resource exploitation, environmentalism, geology, and biology, and it explains their interrelationships in terms that students and other nonspecialists can understand. The articles in this set are extremely diverse, with articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the . Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits. . | Global Resources Unit Quantity Symbol Equivalents Mega-electron volt Energy MeV Megahertz Frequency MHz Meter Length m inches Meter cubic Volume capacity 3 m3 cubic yards Meter per second Velocity m s miles per hour kilometers per hour Meter per second per second Acceleration m s2 12 kilometers per hour per hour 8 miles per hour per hour Meter square Area 2 m2 square yards square feet Metric. See unit name Microgram Mass weight mcg or pg gram Microliter Volume capacity P1 fluid ounce Micrometer Length pm millimeter inch Mile nautical international Length mi kilometers statute miles . nautical miles Mile statute or land Length mi 5 280 feet kilometers Mile square Area mi2 hectares Milligram Mass weight mg grain Milliliter Volume capacity ml fluid dram minims cubic inch Millimeter Length mm inch Millimeter square Area mm2 square inch Minute Time m 60 seconds Mole Amount of substance mol x 1023 atoms or molecules of a given substance Nanometer Length nm 1 000 000 fermis 10 angstroms micrometer inch xl Common Units of Measure Unit Quantity Symbol Equivalents Newton Force N x pound force kilogram force 100 000 dynes Newton meter Torque N-m foot-pound Ounce avoirdupois Mass weight oz grams grains troy or apothecaries ounce Ounce troy Mass weight oz grams 480 grains avoirdupois ounces Ounce . fluid or liquid Mass weight oz cubic inch milliliters British fluid ounces Parsec Length pc 30 856 775 876 793 kilometers 19 173 511 615 163 miles Peck Volume capacity pk liters Pint dry Volume capacity pt cubic inches liter Pint liquid Volume capacity pt cubic inches liter Pound avoirdupois Mass weight lb 7 000 grains troy or apothecaries pounds grams Pound .
