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The West without water [[electronic resource] ] : what past floods, droughts, and other climatic clues tell us about tomorrow / / B. Lynn Ingram and Frances Malamud-Roam



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Autore: Ingram B. Lynn <1961-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The West without water [[electronic resource] ] : what past floods, droughts, and other climatic clues tell us about tomorrow / / B. Lynn Ingram and Frances Malamud-Roam Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
Disciplina: 551.6978
Soggetto topico: Climatic changes - West (U.S.) - Forecasting
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - West (U.S.)
Hydrology - West (U.S.)
Soggetto non controllato: artificial environments
benign climate
california
climate change science
climate change
climate
climatology
earth sciences
ecology
engaging
environment and ecology
environment
environmental reads in 2020
experiments
extended droughts
flood
fresh water
geology
history of the west
history
human landscapes
nature
phenomenon
planetary science
popular science
retrospective
science biology
scientists
social issues
tumultuous climate
united states
us western history
water
weather
western region
Altri autori: Malamud-RoamFrances <1961->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. Floods and Droughts in Living Memory -- Part Two. A Climate History of the American West -- Part Three. A Growing Water Crisis -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
Titolo autorizzato: The West without water  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-95480-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826485303321
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