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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... region's entire economic equation: the cancellation of home insurance throughout South Florida in 2073, following ... regions of South America, and Miami was one of its chief ports of entry. The Miami police force had ultimately ...
... region's entire economic equation: the cancellation of home insurance throughout South Florida in 2073, following ... regions of South America, and Miami was one of its chief ports of entry. The Miami police force had ultimately ...
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... region lay to the west of Miami. Visible from the diminishing, still functioning satellites (Cape Canaveral had been ... regions on Earth, such as the lower reaches of the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Mekong, and Ganges rivers— all these ...
... region lay to the west of Miami. Visible from the diminishing, still functioning satellites (Cape Canaveral had been ... regions on Earth, such as the lower reaches of the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Mekong, and Ganges rivers— all these ...
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... region for millions of years. But now is the time to see them, because this reef is dying fast. The welcoming, warm ocean of apparent peace and biological plenty covers trouble brewing, because most of the Acropora corals in Pennekamp ...
... region for millions of years. But now is the time to see them, because this reef is dying fast. The welcoming, warm ocean of apparent peace and biological plenty covers trouble brewing, because most of the Acropora corals in Pennekamp ...
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... region that brought the period to a fiery end, was a time of elevated carbon dioxide. 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 ...
... region that brought the period to a fiery end, was a time of elevated carbon dioxide. 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 ...
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... in some cases totally stop. A stilled ocean, eventually even on its surface regions, loses oxygen. The apparent result was a series of nasty events, such as oceanwide “dead zones” not unlike the anoxic The Rising Sea | 15.
... in some cases totally stop. A stilled ocean, eventually even on its surface regions, loses oxygen. The apparent result was a series of nasty events, such as oceanwide “dead zones” not unlike the anoxic The Rising Sea | 15.
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