William deBuys

William deBuys is the author of seven books, including A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest (a Pulitzer Prize finalist), and The Walk (an excerpt of which won a Pushcart Prize).

Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable?

Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable? Could Phoenix Soon Become Uninhabitable?

The city is at the crossroads of climate change—and, for a host of reasons, an unsustainable future. 

Mar 14, 2013 / William deBuys

The West in Flames

The West in Flames The West in Flames

This is not a “perfect storm” but the new normal in the American west.

Jul 24, 2012 / William deBuys

The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization

If you live just about anywhere in the American West, you or your children and grandchildren could soon enough be facing the Age of Thirst.

Dec 5, 2011 / William deBuys

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