Not a drop to drink water for a thirsty world
Water is one of Earths 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...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
c2008.
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| Series: | National Geographic investigates
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Table of Contents:
- Joint effort
- Great Lakes, huge stakes
- New water worries
- "Strangling" water
- Earth's last undiscovered region
- New AUV on the block
- Preserving food supply
- Underwater workhorses
- Meet a volcanologist
- What lies ahead.
