CONTENTS
World Heritage vol.8
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Unique Landform Created by a Small River Magical World of 16 Lakes and 92 Waterfalls
Civilization Fostered by Water
Chinese Civilization
Civilization Based on Non-irrigated Upland Agriculture Flourished in the Yellow River Basin Devastating Deforestation over Several Thousand Years
* Shimadzu Presented its Commitment as a Company Thinking of Water in Global Dimensions
* Responding to Various Water Recycling Applications, with a Focus on Gray Water Recycling Systems
* Aral Sea Dries Up and Agricultural Land Turns to Wasteland
Pitfalls of Large-scale Irrigation Agriculture in Arid Central Asia
Fundamental Science of Water
Miraculous Water - Commonplace Yet Extraordinary
Liquid Water has a Higher Specific Gravity than Ice
Maximum Density of Water Occurs at 4°C --Luckily For Fish!
Six O'clock in the Evening on October 9th 2002
News Arrived saying that Koichi Tanaka Researcher in Shimadzu had Won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002