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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... major mass extinctions, with hydrogen sulfide as one of the chief killers. A cry from one of my early-rising companions spurred me out of my sleeping bag. I braced myself against the usual shock of cold as I changed out of the two pairs ...
... major mass extinctions, with hydrogen sulfide as one of the chief killers. A cry from one of my early-rising companions spurred me out of my sleeping bag. I braced myself against the usual shock of cold as I changed out of the two pairs ...
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... major consequences would rattle down through the ages as sad tales of tragedy? So many myths—but until recently, so little proof. The problem with proving this contention was the great difficulty in first finding geological evidence of ...
... major consequences would rattle down through the ages as sad tales of tragedy? So many myths—but until recently, so little proof. The problem with proving this contention was the great difficulty in first finding geological evidence of ...
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... major problems of this strategy: using estimates to make further estimates. The third IPCC modeling section related to Greenland and Antarctica and estimated the rate at which their vast ice sheets would melt as temperatures increased ...
... major problems of this strategy: using estimates to make further estimates. The third IPCC modeling section related to Greenland and Antarctica and estimated the rate at which their vast ice sheets would melt as temperatures increased ...
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