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A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American SouthwestWith its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis based society close to the brink of a Dust Bowl scale catastrophe. In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs
With its soaring azure sky and stark landscapes, the American Southwest is one of the most hauntingly beautiful regions on earth. Yet staggering population growth, combined with the intensifying effects of climate change, is driving the oasis-based society close to the brink of a Dust-Bowl-scale catastrophe. In A Great Aridness, William deBuys paints a compelling picture of what the Southwest might look like when the heat turns up and the water runs out. This semi-arid land, vulnerable to water shortages, rising temperatures, wildfires, and a host of other environmental challenges, is poised to bear the heaviest consequences of global environmental change in the United States. Examining interrelated factors such as vanishing wildlife, forest die backs, and the over-allocation of the already stressed Colorado River--upon which nearly 30 million people depend--the author narrates the landscape's history--and future. He tells the inspiring stories of the climatologists and others who are helping untangle the complex, interlocking causes and effects of global warming. And while the fate of this region may seem at first blush to be of merely local interest, what happens in the Southwest, deBuys suggests, will provide a glimpse of what other mid-latitude arid lands worldwide--the Mediterranean Basin, southern Africa, and the Middle East--will experience in the coming years. Written with an elegance that recalls the prose of John McPhee and Wallace Stegner, A Great Aridness offers an unflinching look at the dramatic effects of climate change occurring right now in our own backyard.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/01/2013
ISBN: 9780199974672
Pages: 369
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
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★★★★★ 4
If the set screws were white the shelves would be perfect.
Color: C. White - Modern Minimalist Style, Number Of Shelves: 3, Size: 15.7inches
I'd give 4 1/2 if there was one. The shelves thwmself are nice I just don't like the visible little black set screws. The shelves themself look great and are not wobbly at all if you install correctly. I purposely installed the bracket upside down because of the little black setting screws; I didnt want them showing because the shelves are above eye level and the screws are black and I didn't want them showing. But that made the shelf lean amd wobbly so I turned them back over the way they are supposed to be and that made them level and sturdy. I guess I'll paint the little screws.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Looks great, easy install
Color: Rgb, Size: 15.5in
These shelves look great and easy to install. Want to order a few more to finish out the man cave.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great product
Color: Rgb, Size: 15.5in
This is a very good decoration multi purpose shelves. Looks perfect in right settings
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2026
★★★★★ 4
App control and system memory sucks.
Color: Rgb, Size: 15.5in
These shelves are sick! I do have gripes about them. For some reason, you select your color or scene, after a few hours they start doing a breathing scene and totally change colors. Then when you go to switch it back, its like the device loses communication with the app. Also not a fan of it needing to be connected to wifi. Would much rather bluetooth so thats an odd one.
Edit* the seller did reach out and offered a full refund for the product without me getting in touch and without wanting the shelves back. Updating from 3 stars to 4 for outstanding customer service.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Good quality
Color: Rgb, Size: 23.6in, Color: Rgb, Size: 23.6in
Easy to install with great results
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Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2026