The rising sea /

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On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field disappears every day. For these communities, sea level rise isn't a distant, abstra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pilkey, Orrin H., 1934-
Otros Autores: Young, Rob, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, [2009]
Temas:
Sea level.
Coast changes.
Mer > Niveau.
Littoral > Modifications.
sea level.
NATURE > Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Coast changes
Sea level
Meereshöhe
Zunahme
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Living on the edge
  • Why the sea is rising
  • Predicting the unpredictable
  • The 800-pound gorillas
  • A sea of denial
  • The living coasts
  • People and the rising sea
  • Ground zero : the Mississippi Delta
  • Sounding retreat.

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