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A World of Rivers : Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Great Rivers (Hardcover, New)
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A World of Rivers : Environmental Change on Ten of the World's Great Rivers (Hardcover, New)
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Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers
have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts
to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also
undergone environmental change. The old adage says you can't step
in the same river twice, and Ellen Wohl would agree--natural and
synthetic change are so rapid on the world's great waterways that
rivers are transforming and disappearing right before our eyes. "A
World of Rivers" explores the confluence of human and environmental
change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the
Murray-Darling in Australia and the Yellow River in China to
Central Europe's Danube and the United States' Mississippi, the
book journeys down the most important rivers in all corners of the
globe. Wohl shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in
the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. But
rivers are also resilient, and Wohl stresses the importance of
conservation and restoration to help reverse the effects of human
carelessness and hubris. What all these diverse rivers share is a
critical role in shaping surrounding landscapes and biological
communities, and Wohl's book ultimately makes a strong case for the
need to steward positive change in the world's great rivers.
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