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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... sea had “only” risen 10 feet in South Florida by 2120. But the rise was accelerating. The open city of Miami was ... level rise in 2100, or even 2200 (and not 2075 or earlier), the effects will be the same. Except with every passing ...
... sea had “only” risen 10 feet in South Florida by 2120. But the rise was accelerating. The open city of Miami was ... level rise in 2100, or even 2200 (and not 2075 or earlier), the effects will be the same. Except with every passing ...
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... sea level. Was it lifted here by storm? By earthquake? By the simple lifting of the Florida Keys due to some unknown ... rise that led to the formation of reefs on now solid land. These sheets must have disappeared quickly indeed, causing the ...
... sea level. Was it lifted here by storm? By earthquake? By the simple lifting of the Florida Keys due to some unknown ... rise that led to the formation of reefs on now solid land. These sheets must have disappeared quickly indeed, causing the ...
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... sea level rise in Earth history—that ice is and will continue to melt faster than at any previous time. TELLING THE STORY OF THE FLOODED EARTH In this book, I explain what the consequences might be in the next centuries. The first ...
... sea level rise in Earth history—that ice is and will continue to melt faster than at any previous time. TELLING THE STORY OF THE FLOODED EARTH In this book, I explain what the consequences might be in the next centuries. The first ...
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... oceanwide “dead zones” not unlike the anoxic areas found today in the Gulf of Mexico, off Namibia in Africa, and in ... sea level rise seemed to coincide repeatedly with major mass extinctions, with hydrogen sulfide as one of the chief ...
... oceanwide “dead zones” not unlike the anoxic areas found today in the Gulf of Mexico, off Namibia in Africa, and in ... sea level rise seemed to coincide repeatedly with major mass extinctions, with hydrogen sulfide as one of the chief ...
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