Author: William deBuys
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199779104
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe. In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages, rising temperatures, wildfires, and a host of other environmental challenges, is poised to bear the heaviest consequences of global environmental change in the United States. Examining interrelated factors such as vanishing wildlife, forest die backs, and the over-allocation of the already stressed Colorado River--upon which nearly 30 million people depend--the author narrates the landscape's history--and future. He tells the inspiring stories of the climatologists and others who are helping untangle the complex, interlocking causes and effects of global warming. And while the fate of this region may seem at first blush to be of merely local interest, what happens in the Southwest, deBuys suggests, will provide a glimpse of what other mid-latitude arid lands worldwide--the Mediterranean Basin, southern Africa, and the Middle East--will experience in the coming years. Written with an elegance that recalls the prose of John McPhee and Wallace Stegner, A Great Aridness offers an unflinching look at the dramatic effects of climate change occurring right now in our own backyard.
A Great Aridness
Author: William deBuys
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199779104
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe. In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages, rising temperatures, wildfires, and a host of other environmental challenges, is poised to bear the heaviest consequences of global environmental change in the United States. Examining interrelated factors such as vanishing wildlife, forest die backs, and the over-allocation of the already stressed Colorado River--upon which nearly 30 million people depend--the author narrates the landscape's history--and future. He tells the inspiring stories of the climatologists and others who are helping untangle the complex, interlocking causes and effects of global warming. And while the fate of this region may seem at first blush to be of merely local interest, what happens in the Southwest, deBuys suggests, will provide a glimpse of what other mid-latitude arid lands worldwide--the Mediterranean Basin, southern Africa, and the Middle East--will experience in the coming years. Written with an elegance that recalls the prose of John McPhee and Wallace Stegner, A Great Aridness offers an unflinching look at the dramatic effects of climate change occurring right now in our own backyard.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199779104
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe. In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages, rising temperatures, wildfires, and a host of other environmental challenges, is poised to bear the heaviest consequences of global environmental change in the United States. Examining interrelated factors such as vanishing wildlife, forest die backs, and the over-allocation of the already stressed Colorado River--upon which nearly 30 million people depend--the author narrates the landscape's history--and future. He tells the inspiring stories of the climatologists and others who are helping untangle the complex, interlocking causes and effects of global warming. And while the fate of this region may seem at first blush to be of merely local interest, what happens in the Southwest, deBuys suggests, will provide a glimpse of what other mid-latitude arid lands worldwide--the Mediterranean Basin, southern Africa, and the Middle East--will experience in the coming years. Written with an elegance that recalls the prose of John McPhee and Wallace Stegner, A Great Aridness offers an unflinching look at the dramatic effects of climate change occurring right now in our own backyard.
The Great Southwest
Author: Wilson Nicely
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Great Southwest
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Legends of the American Desert
Author: Alex Shoumatoff
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Combines history, anthropology, natural science, and personal narrative to provide a portrait of the American Southwest, looking at the variety of people and experiences that populate the area, focusing on the struggle between different cultures for access to water, and examining many other aspects of the diverse region.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Combines history, anthropology, natural science, and personal narrative to provide a portrait of the American Southwest, looking at the variety of people and experiences that populate the area, focusing on the struggle between different cultures for access to water, and examining many other aspects of the diverse region.
America's Great Southwest
Author: Laurence A. Cole Ph.D.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477299831
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
This book is either a coffee table book or travel guide, using pictures to help you choose your travel destination.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477299831
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
This book is either a coffee table book or travel guide, using pictures to help you choose your travel destination.
The Great Southwest
Author: Elna S. Bakker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Southwest as never seen before...
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The Southwest as never seen before...
A Little Journey Through the Great Southwest
Author: Felix John Koch
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southwest, New
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Wonder of the Great Southwest
Author: Parsons (Kan.). Board of Trade
Publisher:
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Category : Parsons (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Parsons (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Death in the Desert
Author: Paul Iselin Wellman
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The author covers conflicts from 1837 through 1886 in Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Important chiefs covered include Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, Victorio, Geronimo, and Captain Jack. Army officers covered include George Crook and Nelson Miles.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803297227
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The author covers conflicts from 1837 through 1886 in Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Important chiefs covered include Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, Victorio, Geronimo, and Captain Jack. Army officers covered include George Crook and Nelson Miles.
Carved by Time
Author: Jake Rajs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580932189
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dramatic rock formations, carved by wind and shaped by water, and the vivid colours of the landscape are the subject of Jake Rajs's portrait of the Southwestern States of America, encompassing the natural beauty of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580932189
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dramatic rock formations, carved by wind and shaped by water, and the vivid colours of the landscape are the subject of Jake Rajs's portrait of the Southwestern States of America, encompassing the natural beauty of Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.