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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century
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A must read. There is considerable noise regarding our world's changing water supply. Pearce presents an amazing review of the challenges.
An outstanding book, clearly documenting the world's current and potential water crisis. Every chapter brought a new aspect of the problem to light. Every chapter drove home how accute the problem is. Very well written! A must read.
One of several must read books in the category "Planet Science for the 21st Century"... Pearce takes us around the globe, describing dozens of major rivers that have been transformed by humans from healthy to ill to dead and dry. Factual, evidence based, splendidly told... No happy news here, just a sobering wake up call, with a glimmer of hope at the end, if we take heed.
Like the air we breathe, nature's gift of water that we depend on is largely taken for granted ... especially when you consider that the human body consists of a major percentage of water. This book presents a sobering discussion of the environmental crisis in the abuse and misuse of water resources. It reads a bit like a textbook at times, but the message resonates powerfully.
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