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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... and 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.
... and 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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... surface mass, including both tectonic processes (mountain-building that causes some land to rise, some to fall), and the phenomenon of isostatic rebound, where land springs upward if a heavy load of long-term glacial ice is removed ...
... surface mass, including both tectonic processes (mountain-building that causes some land to rise, some to fall), and the phenomenon of isostatic rebound, where land springs upward if a heavy load of long-term glacial ice is removed ...
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... surface, and if warming were limited to this region, there would be far less thermal expansion. But the numerous ocean currents, including the socalled thermohaline systems—the vastly important and gigantic currents that carry surface ...
... surface, and if warming were limited to this region, there would be far less thermal expansion. But the numerous ocean currents, including the socalled thermohaline systems—the vastly important and gigantic currents that carry surface ...
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... surface water down into the depths at various places around the globe and oxygenate the ocean bottom—also serve to import warmer water from the surface to the depths. The rate of this warming has to be taken into account as we model how ...
... surface water down into the depths at various places around the globe and oxygenate the ocean bottom—also serve to import warmer water from the surface to the depths. The rate of this warming has to be taken into account as we model how ...
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