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The atlas of disappearing places : our coasts and oceans in the climate crisis /

Our planet is in peril. Seas are rising, oceans are acidifying, ice is melting, coasts are flooding, species are dying, and communities are faltering. Despite these dire circumstances, most of us don't have a clear sense of how the interconnected crises in our ocean are affecting the climate sy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Conklin, Christina (Autor), Psaros, Marina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : The New Press, 2021.
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  • Changing chemistry. Kure Atoll, Hawai'i : plastic, plastic everywhere ; The Arabian sea : regime shift ; Camden, Maine : salt, fat, acid, (no) meat ; The Cook islands : feeding the fever ; San Francisco Bay : seven-layer dip
  • Strengthening storms. Houston : we have a problem ; Hamburg, Germany : river city at risk ; New York, New York : capital of capital ; San Juan, Puerto Rico : poder, despacito ; Kutupalong Camp, Bangladesh : human tides
  • Warming waters. The Arctic ocean : when the ice melts ; Pisco, Peru : Enso and the end of fish ; The North Atlantic : in deep ; Kisite, Kenya : coral collapse ; Pine Island glacier : what happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica
  • Rising seas. Shanghai, China : sink, sank, sunk ; Hampton Roads, Virginia : bye, bye, birdies ; Ben Tre, Vietnam : doing more with less ; The Thames Estuary, Britain : from Gravesend to Allhallows ; Ise, Japan : tradition for the future
  • What's next? / by Marina Psaros
  • Toward transilience / by Christina Conklin.