Hydrosphere : Fresh Water Systems and Pollution Hardback
by Dana Desonie
Part of the Our Fragile Planet series
Hardback
Description
Earth is the water planet, but only a tiny amount of the planet's water is fresh and usable, and water pollution has become a monumental dilemma as we enter the 21st century.
Though developed nations now regulate some pollutants and as a result their waterways are cleaner, new chemicals are increasingly being released into the environment, resulting in a toxic soup that may be causing cancers, development problems, and other concerns in people and wildlife. And besides pollution, overfishing and engineering projects are destroying freshwater ecosystems.
Hydrosphere is a concise examination of the pressing issues affecting our water supply.
This potently written and illustrated new book explains how society needs to adopt a precautionary principle in water matters by better understanding the consequences of their actions before, not after, those actions occur.
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:194 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps
- Publisher:Facts On File Inc
- Publication Date:29/02/2008
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- ISBN:9780816062157
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:194 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps
- Publisher:Facts On File Inc
- Publication Date:29/02/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780816062157
