| Main Title |
A great aridness : climate change and the future of the American southwest / |
| Author |
DeBuys, William Eno.
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| Publisher |
Oxford University Press, |
| Year Published |
2011 |
| OCLC Number |
709682910 |
| ISBN |
9780199778928; 0199778922 |
| Subjects |
Climatic changes--Southwest, New ;
Water-supply--Effect of global warming on--Southwest, New ;
Droughts--Southwest, New ;
Southwest, New--Environmental conditions
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Additional Info |
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| EOAM |
QC903.2.U6D43 2011 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
11/05/2012 |
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| Collation |
xii, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents Notes |
High blue : the great downshift of dryness -- Oracle : global-change-type drought -- Sand Canyon : vanishing acts -- Janos : a mirror in time -- Lava Falls : the blood of oasis civilization -- The canal at river's end : thirsty Arizona -- Highway 79 revisited : "mega" trends in the Sun Corridor -- Apache Pass : crossing the line -- Mogollon Plateau : fires present and future -- Mt. Graham : the biopolitics of change -- Hawikku : welcome to the Anthropocene. 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. |
