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- Summary
- "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. For thousands of years the pristine Great Lakes were separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the roaring Niagara Falls and from the Mississippi River basin by a "sub-continental divide." Beginning in the late 1800s, these barriers were circumvented to attract oceangoing freighters from the Atlantic and to allow Chicago's sewage to float out to the Mississippi. These were engineering marvels in their time--and the changes in Chicago arrested a deadly cycle of waterborne illnesses--but they have had horrendous unforeseen consequences. Egan provides a chilling account of how sea lamprey, zebra and quagga mussels and other invaders have made their way into the lakes, decimating native species and largely destroying the age-old ecosystem. And because the lakes are no longer isolated, the invaders now threaten water intake pipes, hydroelectric dams and other infrastructure across the country. Egan also explores why outbreaks of toxic algae stemming from the overapplication of farm fertilizer have left massive biological "dead zones" that threaten the supply of fresh water. He examines fluctuations in the levels of the lakes caused by manmade climate change and overzealous dredging of shipping channels. And he reports on the chronic threats to siphon off Great Lakes water to slake drier regions of America or to be sold abroad. In an age when dire problems like the Flint water crisis or the California drought bring ever more attention to the indispensability of safe, clean, easily available Water, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is a powerful paean to what is arguably our most precious resource, an urgent examination of what threatens it and a convincing call to arms about the relatively simple things we need to do to protect it."--Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 364 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Part one. The front door. Carving a fourth seacoast : dreams of a seaway
- Three fish : the story of lake trout, sea lampreys and alewives
- The world's great fishing hole : the introduction of coho and chinook salmon
- Noxious cargo : the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels
- Part two. The back door. Continental undivide : Asian carp and Chicago's backwards river
- Conquering a continent : the mussel infestation of the West
- North America's "dead" sea : toxic algae and the threat to Toledo's water supply
- Part three. The future. Plugging the drain : the never-ending threat to siphon away Great Lakes water
- A shaky balancing act : climate change and the fall and rise of the lakes
- A Great Lake revival : charting a course toward integrity, stability and balance
- Isbn
- 9780393355550
- Label
- The death and life of the Great Lakes
- Title
- The death and life of the Great Lakes
- Statement of responsibility
- Dan Egan
- Subject
-
- trueGreat Lakes
- Great Lakes (North America) -- Environmental conditions
- trueGreat Lakes region
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- Introduced organisms -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueLake ecology
- Lake ecology -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueLakes
- NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats | Lakes, Ponds & Swamps
- trueNature writing -- Environmental issues
- trueNonindigenous aquatic pests
- Nonindigenous aquatic pests -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueOrganism introduction
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Environmental Policy
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry)
- trueScience writing -- General
- trueWater quality
- Water quality -- Great Lakes (North America)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. For thousands of years the pristine Great Lakes were separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the roaring Niagara Falls and from the Mississippi River basin by a "sub-continental divide." Beginning in the late 1800s, these barriers were circumvented to attract oceangoing freighters from the Atlantic and to allow Chicago's sewage to float out to the Mississippi. These were engineering marvels in their time--and the changes in Chicago arrested a deadly cycle of waterborne illnesses--but they have had horrendous unforeseen consequences. Egan provides a chilling account of how sea lamprey, zebra and quagga mussels and other invaders have made their way into the lakes, decimating native species and largely destroying the age-old ecosystem. And because the lakes are no longer isolated, the invaders now threaten water intake pipes, hydroelectric dams and other infrastructure across the country. Egan also explores why outbreaks of toxic algae stemming from the overapplication of farm fertilizer have left massive biological "dead zones" that threaten the supply of fresh water. He examines fluctuations in the levels of the lakes caused by manmade climate change and overzealous dredging of shipping channels. And he reports on the chronic threats to siphon off Great Lakes water to slake drier regions of America or to be sold abroad. In an age when dire problems like the Flint water crisis or the California drought bring ever more attention to the indispensability of safe, clean, easily available Water, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is a powerful paean to what is arguably our most precious resource, an urgent examination of what threatens it and a convincing call to arms about the relatively simple things we need to do to protect it."--Dust jacket
- Summary
- Traces the scientific, historical, and ecological factors endangering the Great Lakes, discussing late-nineteenth century efforts to connect the lakes to the Atlantic, which unexpectedly introduced invasive species from the natural world
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2017.
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 2017.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2017
- Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award, 2018.
- Awards note
- Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award.
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- 10554519
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Egan, Dan
- Dewey number
- 577.630977
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QH104.5.G7
- LC item number
- E43 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lake ecology
- Introduced organisms
- Nonindigenous aquatic pests
- Water quality
- HISTORY
- NATURE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Great Lakes (North America)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one. The front door. Carving a fourth seacoast : dreams of a seaway -- Three fish : the story of lake trout, sea lampreys and alewives -- The world's great fishing hole : the introduction of coho and chinook salmon -- Noxious cargo : the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels -- Part two. The back door. Continental undivide : Asian carp and Chicago's backwards river -- Conquering a continent : the mussel infestation of the West -- North America's "dead" sea : toxic algae and the threat to Toledo's water supply -- Part three. The future. Plugging the drain : the never-ending threat to siphon away Great Lakes water -- A shaky balancing act : climate change and the fall and rise of the lakes -- A Great Lake revival : charting a course toward integrity, stability and balance
- Control code
- 20897694
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 364 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393355550
- Lccn
- 2016039546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn951070858
- Label
- The death and life of the Great Lakes, Dan Egan
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one. The front door. Carving a fourth seacoast : dreams of a seaway -- Three fish : the story of lake trout, sea lampreys and alewives -- The world's great fishing hole : the introduction of coho and chinook salmon -- Noxious cargo : the invasion of zebra and quagga mussels -- Part two. The back door. Continental undivide : Asian carp and Chicago's backwards river -- Conquering a continent : the mussel infestation of the West -- North America's "dead" sea : toxic algae and the threat to Toledo's water supply -- Part three. The future. Plugging the drain : the never-ending threat to siphon away Great Lakes water -- A shaky balancing act : climate change and the fall and rise of the lakes -- A Great Lake revival : charting a course toward integrity, stability and balance
- Control code
- 20897694
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xix, 364 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393355550
- Lccn
- 2016039546
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)ocn951070858
Subject
- trueGreat Lakes
- Great Lakes (North America) -- Environmental conditions
- trueGreat Lakes region
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- Introduced organisms -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueLake ecology
- Lake ecology -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueLakes
- NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats | Lakes, Ponds & Swamps
- trueNature writing -- Environmental issues
- trueNonindigenous aquatic pests
- Nonindigenous aquatic pests -- Great Lakes (North America)
- trueOrganism introduction
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Environmental Policy
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry)
- trueScience writing -- General
- trueWater quality
- Water quality -- Great Lakes (North America)
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- trueWisconsin Library Association Literary Award
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Science & Technology Books: 2017
- trueLos Angeles Times Book Prizes: History
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2017
- trueThat's WILD!
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