From the Book - First paperback printing.
Part One: Floods and droughts in living memory
From drought to deluge: "Normal" climate in the West
The 1861-1862 floods: lessons lost
The great droughts of the twentieth century
Why is climate so variable in the West?
Part Two: A climate history of the American West
Reading the past: the Earth's history books
From ice to fire: into the Holocene
The "long drought" of the Mid-Holocene
Ice returns: the Neoglaciation
The great "medieval drought"
The little ice age: megafloods and climate swings
Why climate changes: cycles and oscillations
Part Three: A growing water crisis
The hydraulic era: salman and dams
Future climate change and the American West
What the past tells us about tomorrow.
From drought to deluge : "normal" climate in the West
The 1861-1862 floods : lessons lost
The great droughts of the twentieth century
Why is climate so variable in the West?
Reading the past : the Earth's history books
From ice to fire : into the Holocene
The "long drought" of the mid-Holocene
Ice returns : the neoglaciation
The great "medieval drought"
The little ice age : megafloods and climate swings
Why climate changes : cycles and oscillations
The hydraulic era : salmon and dams
Future climate change and the American West
What the past tells us about tomorrow.