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Main Title Dead pool : Lake Powell, global warming, and the future of water in the west /
Author Powell, James Lawrence,
Publisher University of California Press,
Year Published 2008
OCLC Number 221962034
ISBN 9780520254770 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520254775 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subjects Global warming--West (US) ; Water-supply--West (US) ; Colorado River (Colo-Mexico) ; Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz)--History ; Powell, Lake (Utah and Ariz)--History ; Erwèarmung ; Flussbau ; Klima ; Lake Powell ; Colorado
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ERAM  TC557.C62 G54 2008 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 04/18/2011
ESAM  TC557.C62G54 2008 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/29/2010
Collation x, 283 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index.
Contents Notes
Part 1. River of surprise : The dam is not going to break -- Playing dice with nature -- Part 2. River of empire : Appointment in Samarra -- One simple fact -- The reality of empire -- This vast plain of opulent soil -- Lonely lands made fruitful -- Part 3. River of controversy : Natural menace becomes national resource -- Shall we let them ruin our national parks? -- We want to be dammed -- To have a deep blue lake -- The biggest boondoggle -- Part 4. River of limits : Time machines -- A new climatology -- Rainmakers -- Let people in the future worry about it -- A hundred green lagoons -- Part 5. River of tomorrow : River of law -- The west against itself.