Hydrosphere: Freshwater Systems and Pollution (Our Fragile Planet)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816062153 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 194 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Her work has appeared in educational lessons, textbooks and magazines, and on radio and the Web. Dana Desonie, Ph.D., has written about the earth, ocean, space, life, and environmental sciences for more than a decade
About the Author Dana Desonie, Ph.D., has written about the earth, ocean, space, life, and environmental sciences for more than a decade. Her work has appeared in educational lessons, textbooks and magazines, and on radio and the Web.
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. This potently written and illustrated 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.. 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. Hydrosphere is a concise examination of the pressing issues affecting our water supply