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01695aam a2200289 i 4500 001 FB697CDE0D9211E98B46370197128E48 003 SILO 005 20190101010053 008 170403s2017 nyuaob e b 001 0deng d 020 $a 0393356701 020 $a 9780393356700 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Egan, Dan, 245 14 $a The death and life of the Great Lakes / $c Dan Egan. 246 30 $a Life of the Great Lakes. 260 $a New York, NY $b W.W Norton & Company $c 2017 300 $a xix, 364 pages ; $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a The Great Lakes -- Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior -- hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come. 650 0 $a Lake ecology $z Great Lakes (North America) $x Science 650 0 $a Introduced organisms $z Great Lakes (North America) $x Nature 650 0 $a Nonindigenous aquatic pests $z Great Lakes (North America) 650 0 $a Water quality $z Great Lakes (North America) 651 0 $a Great Lakes (North America) $x Environmental conditions. 655 $a Nature $x Adult nonfiction 941 $a 1 952 $l CZPD706 $d 20190101010223.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FB697CDE0D9211E98B46370197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search