Not a drop to drink

water for a thirsty world

Not a drop to drink

water for a thirsty world
Michael Burgan ; Peter H Gleick consultant
Book - 2008

Water is one of Earth's hot environmental topics. The scarcity of clean drinking water will have dramatic consequences for humanity in the 21st century: water disputes could spark regional conflict, while increased desertification and drought could affect world food supplies and the future of farming. Not a Drop to Drink conveys a clear message to young readers about this precious commodity and our urgent need to conserve it.

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37413311786448 متاح Childrens J Nonfiction J333.9116 BURGAN
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Burgan, Michael
مؤلفون آخرون: Gleick, Peter H.
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:English
منشور في: Washington DC : National Geographic, c2008.
سلاسل:National Geographic investigates.
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300 |a 64 p. :  |b col. ill., map ;  |c 26 cm. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Message from the consultant -- North America's watery backbone -- Timeline of water related milestones -- Water everywhere: Looking for answers -- Big help from tiny tubes -- Why water matters -- Water cycle -- Studying water -- Accidental science -- Warming water: Greenhouse gases and the oceans -- Oceans in motion -- Clues from the past -- Studying decay -- "Current events" -- More quakes? -- Disappearing water: Short supplies -- Tracking drought from space -- Human factor -- Day for water -- Drought or new desert? -- Supply and demand: Irrigation drains groundwater -- Water wars -- Water consumption in different world regions -- Search for safer water -- Water wonders -- Salt solutions -- Up on the roof -- Continent's backbone: Joint effort -- Great lakes, huge stakes -- New water worries -- "Strangling" water -- More to explore: Earth's last undiscovered region -- New AUV on the block -- Preserving a food supply -- Underwater workhorses -- Meet a volcanologist -- What lies ahead. 
520 |a Water is one of Earth's hot environmental topics. The scarcity of clean drinking water will have dramatic consequences for humanity in the 21st century: water disputes could spark regional conflict, while increased desertification and drought could affect world food supplies and the future of farming. Not a Drop to Drink conveys a clear message to young readers about this precious commodity and our urgent need to conserve it. 
521 8 |a NC1130L  |b Lexile 
650 0 |a Hydrologic cycle  |v Juvenile literature. 
650 0 |a Water conservation  |v Juvenile literature. 
650 0 |a Water-supply  |x International cooperation  |v Juvenile literature. 
650 0 |a Climatic changes  |v Juvenile literature. 
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