Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains Memoir_Gift_Guide In more than fifty pieces

In more than fifty pieces

failing ecosystems—need not be cause for despair

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Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains Memoir_Gift_Guide In more than fifty piecesFinalist for the National Book Award An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland The Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia. But less than a century of unsustainable irrigation farming has taxed much of the aquifer beyond repair. The imminent depletion of the Ogallala and other aquifers around the world is a defining planetary crisis of our times. Running Out offers a uniquely personal