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Climate Change And Freshwater Resources, Noah D. Hall, Bret B. Stuntz, Robert H. Abrams
Climate Change And Freshwater Resources, Noah D. Hall, Bret B. Stuntz, Robert H. Abrams
Noah D Hall
The Earth’s climate is warming. This is the unequivocal conclusion of climate scientists. Despite the complexities of climatology, certain consistent trends emerge with implications for water availability: as the world gets warmer, it will experience increased regional variability in precipitation, with more frequent heavy precipitation events and more susceptibility to drought. These simple facts will have a profound impact on freshwater resources throughout the United States, as the warmer climate will reduce available water supplies and increase water demand. Unfortunately, current water law and policy are not up to the new challenges of climate change and resulting pressures on freshwater …
Vida,Frescura Y Limpieza:Representaciones Sociales Del Agua Desde El Punto De Vista De Adolescentes Y De Padres De Familia, Teresa M. Torres-López, Rubén Soltero-Avelar, Manuel Pando-Moreno, Carolina Aranda-Beltrán, José G. Salazar-Estrada
Vida,Frescura Y Limpieza:Representaciones Sociales Del Agua Desde El Punto De Vista De Adolescentes Y De Padres De Familia, Teresa M. Torres-López, Rubén Soltero-Avelar, Manuel Pando-Moreno, Carolina Aranda-Beltrán, José G. Salazar-Estrada
José G. Salazar Estrada
The objective was to identify the elements and the organization of the social representations about the water of adolescents and family parents, and to describe differences among the points of view of the gender of the studied groups. The methodology was structural focus of the social representations: it was used the method associative of free listing and the paired comparison. The participants were adolescent and the family parents. The results showed differences according to the group age of adsorption and to gender point of view. The adolescents show a great concern about the use and consumption practices of the water. …