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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... global temperatures. It is the amount of carbon dioxide that is most pertinent to global climate, and every single ... temperature increase and the makeup of continental ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, which hold the greatest ...
... global temperatures. It is the amount of carbon dioxide that is most pertinent to global climate, and every single ... temperature increase and the makeup of continental ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, which hold the greatest ...
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... global temperatures shot upward. This short-term rise in temperature, about 7,600 years ago, is called the Holocene thermal maximum—the warmest period of the past 10,000 years (before our own, that is). The temporary heating of the ...
... global temperatures shot upward. This short-term rise in temperature, about 7,600 years ago, is called the Holocene thermal maximum—the warmest period of the past 10,000 years (before our own, that is). The temporary heating of the ...
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... earth's temperature of just 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit will not by itself kill anyone if it happens slowly. Nor would a 30-foot rise in sea level necessarily be lethal, because the amount of time it would take to occur would allow even ...
... earth's temperature of just 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit will not by itself kill anyone if it happens slowly. Nor would a 30-foot rise in sea level necessarily be lethal, because the amount of time it would take to occur would allow even ...
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... global temperatures were only about 4 degrees Fahrenheit higher than they are now, and most of that rise came from ... global CO2 and global temperature. That means we can expect a similar rise of perhaps 30 feet even if we succeed in ...
... global temperatures were only about 4 degrees Fahrenheit higher than they are now, and most of that rise came from ... global CO2 and global temperature. That means we can expect a similar rise of perhaps 30 feet even if we succeed in ...
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... global temperature to loss of ice—which itself is an estimate. Hence we see one of the major problems of this strategy: using estimates to make further estimates. The third IPCC modeling section related to Greenland and Antarctica and ...
... global temperature to loss of ice—which itself is an estimate. Hence we see one of the major problems of this strategy: using estimates to make further estimates. The third IPCC modeling section related to Greenland and Antarctica and ...
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