When the World Runs Dry: Earth's Water in Crisis
by Nancy F. Castaldo
Algonquin Young Readers
2022
208 pages
ISBN: 9781616209711
"A wake-up call to readers about the facility of something many of us take for granted."
---Horn Book Magazine
The Earth truly is in crisis mode, but there is something we can do about it if we act now. Pollutants including coal, fracking, industrial waste, and algae blooms are contaminating America's water supply, The U. S. is not the only country in trouble. Worldwide, water supply and demand is in crisis.
The rise of sea level and climate change is further destroying hundreds of thousands of acres of land. Droughts cause crops to fail and starvation crisis. Hurricanes bring in salt water to fresh water lakes and destroy ecosystems. There are small things we can all do to help save our water.
In your own household, you can take shorter showers and run the dishwasher and washer only when they are full. Collect rain water in a barrel to water outdoor plants. Try to reuse and recycle clothing. It takes water to create new clothing.
Many case studies are cited and a useful glossary and resources page make this a stand-out book on the water supply and crisis. The index in the back also directs readers to useful pages for their own study or report.
Highly recommended ages 10 and up and anyone who's studying ecosystems and water.
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