Discusses the physical properties of water, salt and fresh water, the water cycle, the effects of water on the landscape, the ways in which living things use water, and the water supply.

Illustrations and text describe the sources, uses, and properties of water.

"Water. The single most necessary element to sustain life. Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon-- it's already here. Superman Isn't Coming makes clear that the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. In the 20 years since her eponymous film, Brockovich has kept up the fight for clean water one town at a time. She receives thousands...

Includes information on penguins, pelicans, loons, albatrosses, herons, ospreys, ducks, swans, geese, gulls, and waders.

Provides information about the Earth's water, including rivers, lakes, oceans, the water cycle, climate, water pollution, and conservation.

"The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole river all for itself. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel "cuts" water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert and that...

Worried that the encroaching barbed wire was going to fence out his grass range, Mort Davis called in Kilkenny. He was poison in a gun battle and left no more trail than a ghost.

Journeys through the American deserts in search of water, exploring its influence on the natural world and its meaning in terms of life and death in these harsh environments.

Long ago the dam formed, the lively river turned into a swamp, and the wasting illness came to Luna's village, and now that her little sister is sick Luna will do anything to save her, even offer herself to the creature that lives in the swamp on the day of the nearer moon--a lonely and bitter water sprite who was left behind when her people fled through a door to another world.

"While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Maggie Hoskie is a Dinétah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last best hope. But what Maggie uncovers about the monster is much more terrifying than...