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Ribbons of Green
The Rio Grande and the Making of Modern Albuquerque
Av John Fleck, Robert P. Berrens
Häftad, 2026
280 kr
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The first combined social and ecological look at how institutions in New Mexico intentionally built the Rio Grande Valley through the heart of Albuquerque to create “natural” corridors of green spaces in a modern American city. Dry one year, overflowing the next, the Rio Grande has sustained its …
Water Is for Fighting Over
And Other Myths about Water in the West
Av John Fleck
Häftad, 2019
473 kr
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"Illuminating." --New York Times WIRED's Required Science Reading 2016 When we think of water in the West, we think of conflict and crisis. In recent years, newspaper headlines have screamed, "Scarce water and the death of California farms," "The Dust Bowl returns," "A 'megadrought' will grip U.S. …
Science Be Dammed
How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River
Av Eric Kuhn, John Fleck
Häftad, 2021
244 kr
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Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by …
Tree Rings' Tale
Understanding Our Changing Climate
Av John Fleck
Inbunden, 2009
272 kr
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The science of tree rings - dendroclimatology - had not been developed when John Wesley Powell made his epic voyages down the Colorado River in 1869, 1871, and 1872. Nevertheless he observed that the rising and falling of the river differed over the years and came to understand the important role …
