Summary: In this new 2023 high-definition program, learn about all of the various bodies of water on earth. What are the differences between ponds, lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.? What are connective bodies of water? What are the human-made bodies of water? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with exciting video and dynamic graphics that reinforce important concepts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.4 POSPiper, Karen Lynnea
Summary: "There's Money in Thirst," reads a headline in the New York Times. The CEO of Nestlé, purveyor of bottled water, heartily agrees. It is important to give water a market value, he says in a promotional video, so "we're all aware that it has a price." But for those who have no access to clean water, a fifth of the world's population, the price is thirst. This is the frightening landscape that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 PIPSummary: A look at the world's water crisis and how the causes of the depleting water supply is connected to pollution, human rights, and even politics. Features interviews with scientists and activists. Includes commentary, expanded interviews, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oscilloscope Pictures 2008