The Flooded Earth: Our Future In a World Without Ice CapsBasic Books, 29.06.2010 - 272 Seiten Sea level rise will happen no matter what we do. Even if we stopped all carbon dioxide emissions today, the seas would rise one meter by 2050 and three meters by 2100. This -- not drought, species extinction, or excessive heat waves -- will be the most catastrophic effect of global warming. And it won't simply redraw our coastlines -- agriculture, electrical and fiber optic systems, and shipping will be changed forever. As icebound regions melt, new sources of oil, gas, minerals, and arable land will be revealed, as will fierce geopolitical battles over who owns the rights to them. In The Flooded Earth, species extinction expert Peter Ward describes in intricate detail what our world will look like in 2050, 2100, 2300, and beyond -- a blueprint for a foreseeable future. Ward also explains what politicians and policymakers around the world should be doing now to head off the worst consequences of an inevitable transformation. |
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... atmospheric oxygen over Florida had undergone a still minor but nevertheless measurable dip, joining other huge regions on Earth, such as the lower reaches of the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Mekong, and Ganges rivers— all these rich ...
... atmospheric oxygen over Florida had undergone a still minor but nevertheless measurable dip, joining other huge regions on Earth, such as the lower reaches of the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Mekong, and Ganges rivers— all these rich ...
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... Atmospheric levels of this potent “greenhouse gas” were three to perhaps five times higher than the present-day level of nearly 390 parts per million (ppm). No one could conceive of ice sheets of any extent in a world with so much ...
... Atmospheric levels of this potent “greenhouse gas” were three to perhaps five times higher than the present-day level of nearly 390 parts per million (ppm). No one could conceive of ice sheets of any extent in a world with so much ...
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... atmospheric greenhouse conditions that quickly heated the planet to a point that the poles were nearly as warm as the equator, leading the normal winds and ocean currents to diminish and in some cases totally stop. A stilled ocean ...
... atmospheric greenhouse conditions that quickly heated the planet to a point that the poles were nearly as warm as the equator, leading the normal winds and ocean currents to diminish and in some cases totally stop. A stilled ocean ...
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... atmosphere caused ice caps on Greenland, and perhaps in Antarctica, to melt at least partially; it also spurred the melting of many mountain glaciers in lower latitudes. All that water had to go somewhere—and it ended up in the global ...
... atmosphere caused ice caps on Greenland, and perhaps in Antarctica, to melt at least partially; it also spurred the melting of many mountain glaciers in lower latitudes. All that water had to go somewhere—and it ended up in the global ...
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... atmosphere were lower than those of today, but not by much. Florida and places like it were submerged by seas when global temperatures were only about 4 degrees Fahrenheit higher than they are now, and most of that rise came from the ...
... atmosphere were lower than those of today, but not by much. Florida and places like it were submerged by seas when global temperatures were only about 4 degrees Fahrenheit higher than they are now, and most of that rise came from the ...
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