LEADER 03710nam 2200685 a 450 001 9911101912503321 005 20251117100554.0 010 $a9780520954809 010 $a0520954807 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520954809 035 $a(CKB)2670000000358003 035 $a(EBL)1187187 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000873207 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12438582 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873207 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10865467 035 $a(PQKB)10749054 035 $a(OCoLC)843881771 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1187187 035 $a(DE-B1597)520277 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520954809 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1187187 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10699916 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL490028 035 $a(Perlego)552161 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000358003 100 $a20150303d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe West without water $ewhat past floods, droughts, and other climatic clues tell us about tomorrow /$fB. Lynn Ingram and Frances Malamud-Roam 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley, Calif. $cUniversity of California Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a9780520286009 311 0 $a0520286006 311 0 $a9780520268555 311 0 $a0520268555 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tForeword --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPart One. Floods and Droughts in Living Memory --$tPart Two. A Climate History of the American West --$tPart Three. A Growing Water Crisis --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources. Looking at the region's current water crisis from the perspective of its climate history, the authors ask the central question of what is "normal" climate for the West, and whether the relatively benign climate of the past century will continue into the future. The West without Water merges climate and paleoclimate research from a wide variety of sources as it introduces readers to key discoveries in cracking the secrets of the region's climatic past. It demonstrates that extended droughts and catastrophic floods have plagued the West with regularity over the past two millennia and recounts the most disastrous flood in the history of California and the West, which occurred in 1861-62. The authors show that, while the West may have temporarily buffered itself from such harsh climatic swings by creating artificial environments and human landscapes, our modern civilization may be ill-prepared for the future climate changes that are predicted to beset the region. They warn that it is time to face the realities of the past and prepare for a future in which fresh water may be less reliable. 606 $aClimatic changes$zWest (U.S.)$xForecasting 606 $aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects$zWest (U.S.) 606 $aHydrology$zWest (U.S.) 615 0$aClimatic changes$xForecasting. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aHydrology 676 $a551.6978 700 $aIngram$b B. Lynn$f1961-$01923741 701 $aMalamud-Roam$b Frances$f1961-$01923742 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911101912503321 996 $aThe West without water$94670672 997 $aUNINA