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A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American SouthwestWith 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
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.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/01/2013
ISBN: 9780199974672
Pages: 369
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
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Some errors, binding frightens me, story is good.
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This hardcover collects Street Fighter Unlimited #1-4 of the ongoing series. The pages are not loose but you can see the binding very easily which frightened me a little on how I turned the pages. There are some grammatical errors that I started catching, I wish the editing team would have spent a little more time on it. I asked several people if what I read was correctly. I took a picture of one example of it as you can see on the attached pictures of the review. The story is basically Ryu, the Wandering Warrior questioning himself and seeking answers as he seeks balance. We learn of Gil's "Secret Society" and it leaves us with a cliff hanger. There was another story included that I had no idea where in the story it fit. It just gave me a "huh" moment. I look forward to reading Vol. 2 soon.
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a must-have for X-Men 97 fans
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quality is stunning, the art is so beautiful and beyond expectations. highly recommend, an absolute MUST HAVE FOR XMEN 97 FANS! cannot say enough nice things about this gorgeous book
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Fun read
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Great book 📖. 💚
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It's as good as you hope it will be
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Beautiful book, really enhances my enjoyment of the show. Find a review flip-through video. If that looks good to you, there's no way you'll be disappointed.
If you're thinking of this as a gift, yes, it's a great one. The show is peak X-men, and the quality is to last the ages. All that comes through in the book, just a wonderful, loving production, of the best Marvel Studios has to offer.
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Amazing!
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Love the quality and all the inside stories of the show. Everything was great! Thanks!
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