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A GREAT ARIDNESS
A GREAT ARIDNESS
Subtitle:
Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest
Book Category:
Science > Life Sciences > Ecology
Author:
William deBuys
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 10:
0199778922
ISBN 13:
9780199778928
Price:
USD 27.95
Publication Year:
2011
Alternative Binding:
Paperback
Alternative ISBN 10:
0199974675
Alternative ISBN 13:
9780199974672
Alternative Price:
USD 19.95
Alternative Publication Year:

2013

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Oxford University Press.

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With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe.

 

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