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17 produkter
Drowning the Dream
California's Water Choices at the Millennium
Av David Carle
Inbunden, 2000
1066 kr
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Imported water has transformed the Golden State's environment and quality of life. In the last one hundred years, land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism have dramatically altered both urban and rural communities across the entire state. The key has been water from the Eastern Sierra, …
Burning Questions
America's Fight with Nature's Fire
Av David Carle
Inbunden, 2002
501 kr
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A burning mix of diesel fuel and gasoline drips from handheld canisters onto the ground. Slowly a line of fire begins to creep downhill. The flames are well behaved, almost hesitant. This is a backing fire, unlikely to attract media attention unless it escapes, like the disastrous Los Alamos Cerro …
Traveling the 38th Parallel
A Water Line around the World
Inbunden, 2013
371 kr
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Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the …
Introduction to Water in California
Av David Carle
Häftad, 2015
262 kr
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This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, …
Introduction to Fire in California
Second Edition
Av David Carle
Inbunden, 2021
839 kr
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An up-to-date, essential guide to California's long relationship with fire, for the climate-change generation.What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did Indigenous people use fire on the land we now call California? David Carle's …
Introduction to Fire in California
Second Edition
Av David Carle
Häftad, 2021
243 kr
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An up-to-date, essential guide to California's long relationship with fire, for the climate-change generation.What is fire? How are wildfires ignited? How do California's weather and topography influence fire? How did Indigenous people use fire on the land we now call California? David Carle's …
Introduction to Air in California
Av David Carle
E-bok, 2006
356 kr
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What is air? Why is the sky blue? Why do people react favorably to mountain or sea air? How does desert air differ from the air of California’s Central Valley? How is air pollution affecting plants and animals? This book is a unique guide to the air we breathe in California. More than a natural …
Traveling the 38th Parallel
A Water Line around the World
E-bok, 2013
433 kr
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Between extremes of climate farther north and south, the 38th North parallel line marks a temperate, middle latitude where human societies have thrived since the beginning of civilization. It divides North and South Korea, passes through Athens and San Francisco, and bisects Mono Lake in the …
Introduction to Water in California
Av David Carle
E-bok, 2015
260 kr
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This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California''s most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, …
Water and the California Dream
Historic Choices for Shaping the Future
Av David Carle
Häftad, 2016
171 kr
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Water and the California Dream
Historic Choices for Shaping the Future
Av David Carle
E-bok, 2016
179 kr
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Imported water has transformed the Golden State’s environment and quality of life. Land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism dramatically altered both urban and rural communities across the entire state. The key has been redirecting water from the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River, and …
