Water drops : celebrating the wonder of water / Peter E. Black ; foreword by Gerald E. Galloway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Peter E.

Series:

Excelsior edition.

Excelsior editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water.

Hydrology.

Watersheds.

Water quality.

Water conservation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An introduction to our most precious natural resource.

Contents:

""water drops""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Introduction""; ""SCIENCE""; ""Water on Earth""; ""Ocean""; ""Biodiversity""; ""Gaia""; ""Tipping Point""; ""CO2, O2, and H2O""; ""Unusual""; ""Circulation""; ""Water and Energy""; ""Water Vapor""; ""Evapotranspiration""; ""Acid Rain""; ""Studies of Water""; ""Measuring Water""; ""More Water Measurements""; ""Hydraulics""; ""Wonder""; ""Water Storage""; ""Hydropedology""; ""Fertilizer in the Rain""; ""Plants and Water""; ""Invasive Species""; ""Mosses and Water (R. W. Kimmerer)""; ""Water and Trees""

""Interception and Energy""""Interception Amount""; ""Soil Storage""; ""Frost in Soil""; ""Measuring Soil Moisture""; ""Wetlands""; ""Flushing""; ""Backyard Ponds""; ""CULTURE AND HISTORY""; ""Water in Culture""; ""Water Is . . .""; ""The Word Water""; ""Gods and Goddesses""; ""Maxims""; ""Nursery Rhymes""; ""Jack and Jill""; ""WEATHER AND CLIMATE""; ""Umbrella?""; ""Chance (1): Rain""; ""Full Moon""; ""Humidity""; ""Clouds""; ""Fog""; ""Raindrops""; ""Measuring Precipitation""; ""Measuring Snow""; ""Ice Precipitation""; ""Black Ice""; ""Morning Ice Crystals""; ""Bad Weather""

""Storm Types""""Storm Types (Again)""; ""Cyclonic Storms""; ""Convectional Storms""; ""Orographic Storms""; ""Lake Effect""; ""Hurricanes and Tornados""; ""Drought""; ""Meteorological Drought""; ""Agricultural Drought""; ""Hydrological Drought""; ""Climate Change Terminology""; ""Canary""; ""Our Greenhouse""; ""Global Warming""; ""HYDROLOGY""; ""Hydrology""; ""Hydrology (Second Definition)""; ""Annual Hydrograph""; ""Hydrological Seasons""; ""Happy New Year""; ""Season of Soil Moisture Recharge""; ""Season of Maximum Runoff""; ""Season of Maximum Evapotranspiration""; ""Arid Zone Hydrology""

""Deserts""""Tropical Hydrology""; ""Cold Regions Hydrology""; ""Runoff""; ""Measuring Runoff""; ""Groundwater Runoff""; ""Stormwater Runoff""; ""Storm Hydrograph""; ""Storm Flow""; ""Stormwater Runoff Quality""; ""Floods""; ""Infiltration""; ""Chance (2): Floods""; ""More Flooding""; ""Floodplains""; ""Flood Insurance""; ""Three Rivers, Three Floods""; ""ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT,AND POLICY""; ""Using Water""; ""Water in the World""; ""Storage""; ""Resource Buffers""; ""Watersheds""; ""Water Balance""; ""Watershed Research""; ""Watershed Functions""; ""Wetland Watersheds""

""Watershed Planning""""Watershed Management""; ""Objectives of Watershed Management""; ""Municipal Water Supplies""; ""Forested Water Supplies""; ""Woods and Water""; ""Quantity, Quality, and Regimen""; ""Measuring Water Quality""; ""Water Quality Laws""; ""Drinking Water""; ""Water Meters""; ""Pricing Water""; ""Bottled Water""; ""Hot Shower""; ""Garbage Disposals""; ""Waste Treatment""; ""TMDLs""; ""Best Management Practices""; ""Point/Nonpoint Pollution""; ""Permits""; ""Concentrated Animal Feedlot Operations""; ""Mining""; ""Navigation""; ""Fighting Fire""; ""Dams""; ""Policy on Dams""

""Removing Dams""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438444888

1438444885

9781461911111

1461911117

OCLC:

811141231