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Water : exploring the blue planet

Title
Water : exploring the blue planet / Markus Eisl, Gerald Mansberger, Paul Schreilechner ; [translation, Beatrix Read].
Author
Eisl, Markus, 1964-
Publication
Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • Mansberger, Gerald, 1960-
  • Schreilechner, Paul, 1965-
  • Read, Beatrix
Description
311 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 31 cm
Summary
"This book provides insight into water and creates a more profound understanding of the current water predicament. It focuses on the health of our planet surrounding water and uses technologically advanced sytems to reveal the damage and destruction brought on by humans. Focus is put on our attempts to control water and our reckless actions that threaten water availability."--
Uniform Title
Wasser. English
Alternative Title
Wasser.
Subject
  • Water > Aerial photographs
  • Water > Environmental aspects
  • Water-supply
  • Water Supply
  • NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection
  • TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply
  • Water
  • Water > Environmental aspects
  • Water-supply
  • Wasser
  • Anthropogener Einfluss
  • Gewässer
  • Satellitenbild
Genre/Form
  • Aerial photographs
  • Bildband.
  • Aerial photographs.
Note
  • Includes index.
  • Translation of: Wasser : Entdeckung des blauen Planeten.
Contents
Geohazard "human" / Stefan Rahmstorf -- Exposed to the elements / Wolfgang Kron -- When the flood arrives / Josef H. Reichholf -- At the turning point / Lars Abromeit -- Vulnerable blue / Kim Detloff -- A contested commodity / Diana Hummel -- In the lithium rush / Karl-Heinz Otto -- The gardens of Poseidon / Robert Hofrichter -- Paradise on call / Josef H. Reichholf.
ISBN
  • 9781770858138
  • 177085813X
LCCN
2016498603
OCLC
  • ocn972200684
  • 972200684
  • SCSB-14108431
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library