How Water Influences Our Lives

• Main Authors: Jahren, Per (Author), Sui, Tongbo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Water.; Cultural heritage.; Nature.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Water, general.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Cultural Heritage.

This beautifully illustrated book explains how water influences our culture; the many phases of water from ice to gas, its simple but still so unpredictable nature, and water resources on Earth; how water is distributed in ice, oceans, rivers, lakes and more; how it creates transport possibilities;...

Table of Contents:

• Water
• Water in Culture and Social Development
• Snow and ice
• The Oceans
• Rivers and lakes
• The transport source
• The energy source
• Erosion
• Water consumption
• Recreation
• The food source.