When the rivers run dry : water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century
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Boston : Beacon Press, ©2006., Boston : Beacon Press, [2006].
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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| Gilpin County Public Library - NONFICTION | 333.91 PEARCE | On Shelf |
| Lamar Community College Library (C426.lc) - GENERAL | TC 405 .P43 LUJAN | On Shelf |
| Weld School - Valley High Library - NONFICTION | 333.91 PEA | On Shelf |
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Published
Boston : Beacon Press, ©2006., Boston : Beacon Press, [2006].
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Book
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xi, 324 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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Includes index.
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"Maps by Hardlines Studio, UK"--T.p. verso.
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Veteran science writer Pearce (Turning Up the Heat) makes a strongand scarycase that a worldwide water shortage is the most fearful looming environmental crisis. With a drumbeat of facts both horrific (thousands of wells in India and Bangladesh are poisoned by fluoride and arsenic) and fascinating (it takes 20 tons of water to make one pound of coffee), the former New Scientist news editor documents a "kind of cataclysm" already affecting many of the world's great rivers. The Rio Grande is drying up before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico; the Nile has been dammed to a trickle; reservoirs behind ill-conceived dams sacrifice millions of gallons of water to evaporation, while wetlands and floodplains downriver dry up as water flow dwindles. The news, recounted with a scientist's relentless accumulation of observable fact, is grim.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pearce, F. (2006). When the rivers run dry: water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century . Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pearce, Fred. 2006. When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century. Beacon Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century Beacon Press, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pearce, Fred. When the Rivers Run Dry: Water, the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century Beacon Press, 2006.
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