A great aridness : climate change and the future of the American southwest
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Physical Desc
xii, 369 pages : ill., map, chart ; 25 cm.
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Moab Library - Adult Non-fiction Book
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Published
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Format
Book
Street Date
1110
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
DeBuys, W. E. (2011). A great aridness: climate change and the future of the American southwest . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)DeBuys, William Eno. 2011. A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)DeBuys, William Eno. A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest Oxford University Press, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)DeBuys, William Eno. A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest Oxford University Press, 2011.
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