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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century
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When the Rivers Run Dry

  • When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century - Fred Pearce
    Call Number: TC405.P43 2006
    ISBN/ISSN: 0807085723
    According to the publisher:
    "Throughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water both for agriculture and for individual consumption, but now economists say that by 2025 water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest. In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce focuses on the dire state of the world's rivers to provide our..."
 

About the Author

According to the publisher:

Fred Pearce has been writing about water issues for over twenty years. A former news editor at New Scientist and currently its environment and development consultant, he has also written for Audubon, Popular Science, Time, the Boston Globe, and Natural History. His books include Keepers of the Spring, Turning Up the Heat, and Deep Jungle.

 

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