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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... effects will be the same. Except with every passing month as this book is written the estimate for 2100 keeps rising. By that time anything less than 5 to 6 feet will be welcome, for the alternatives—up to 8 feet—cannot be borne by ...
... effects will be the same. Except with every passing month as this book is written the estimate for 2100 keeps rising. By that time anything less than 5 to 6 feet will be welcome, for the alternatives—up to 8 feet—cannot be borne by ...
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... effects of rising and falling sea level from far more ancient times than the time of humanity, I know that we are not ... effect, the most extreme being mass extinction. History, then, opens one door to the explorations we will make in ...
... effects of rising and falling sea level from far more ancient times than the time of humanity, I know that we are not ... effect, the most extreme being mass extinction. History, then, opens one door to the explorations we will make in ...
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... effects of sea level increase. A short distance from Key Largo is the smaller Lone Pine Key. At one side is a flattened area that looks the entire world like an abandoned quarry (which it was). You are greeted by a mass of white rocks ...
... effects of sea level increase. A short distance from Key Largo is the smaller Lone Pine Key. At one side is a flattened area that looks the entire world like an abandoned quarry (which it was). You are greeted by a mass of white rocks ...
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... effect and global temperatures. It is the amount of carbon dioxide that is most pertinent to global climate, and every single human on the planet produces the stuff, one way or another. Hence, the number of humans on the planet is a ...
... effect and global temperatures. It is the amount of carbon dioxide that is most pertinent to global climate, and every single human on the planet produces the stuff, one way or another. Hence, the number of humans on the planet is a ...
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... effect on the earth is that today's predictions of sea level increase all appear to be too conservative. What makes things alarming is that this time, the rates of change seem anomalously fast compared to those of the past. The first ...
... effect on the earth is that today's predictions of sea level increase all appear to be too conservative. What makes things alarming is that this time, the rates of change seem anomalously fast compared to those of the past. The first ...
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