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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... Rising Sea Rising Carbon Dioxide The Flood of Humans 69 1 Feeding Humanity Amid Rising Sea Level Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea Level 121 Flooding of Coastal Countries and Cities Extinction? Stopping Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Notes ...
... Rising Sea Rising Carbon Dioxide The Flood of Humans 69 1 Feeding Humanity Amid Rising Sea Level Greenland, Antarctica, and Sea Level 121 Flooding of Coastal Countries and Cities Extinction? Stopping Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Notes ...
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... rise nor its cause can be doubted any longer. The only question is how high the seas will rise, and how fast. But regardless of whether we reach the first 3 feet of sea level rise in 2100, or even 2200 (and not 2075 or earlier), the ...
... rise nor its cause can be doubted any longer. The only question is how high the seas will rise, and how fast. But regardless of whether we reach the first 3 feet of sea level rise in 2100, or even 2200 (and not 2075 or earlier), the ...
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... rising and falling sea level from far more ancient times than the time of humanity, I know that we are not merely speculating through cloudy crystal balls; we can see from the past what we face in a future we have created. The ...
... rising and falling sea level from far more ancient times than the time of humanity, I know that we are not merely speculating through cloudy crystal balls; we can see from the past what we face in a future we have created. The ...
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... sea floor daily and is then carried through continental drift either east or west. For reasons unknown, the heat that accompanies this ocean-long line of volcanoes waxes and wanes across the millennia. When it increases, it causes the ...
... sea floor daily and is then carried through continental drift either east or west. For reasons unknown, the heat that accompanies this ocean-long line of volcanoes waxes and wanes across the millennia. When it increases, it causes the ...
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... change of this magnitude happened so quickly. Now all evidence suggests that a similar rise is beginning. When the world warms, ice melts. When ice melts, the sea rises. It is this second kind of increase in sea Introduction: Miami Beached ...
... change of this magnitude happened so quickly. Now all evidence suggests that a similar rise is beginning. When the world warms, ice melts. When ice melts, the sea rises. It is this second kind of increase in sea Introduction: Miami Beached ...
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