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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... -0-465-00949-7 (alk. paper) 1. Ice caps. 2. Ice sheets. 3. Global warming. 4. Sea level. I. Title. GB2401.7.W37 2010 363.34'92—dc22 2010000537 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Perhaps the greatest threat of catastrophic climate impacts for humans.
... -0-465-00949-7 (alk. paper) 1. Ice caps. 2. Ice sheets. 3. Global warming. 4. Sea level. I. Title. GB2401.7.W37 2010 363.34'92—dc22 2010000537 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Perhaps the greatest threat of catastrophic climate impacts for humans.
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Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps Peter D Ward. Perhaps the greatest threat of catastrophic climate impacts for humans is the possibility that warming may cause one or more of the ice sheets to become unstable, initiating a process ...
Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps Peter D Ward. Perhaps the greatest threat of catastrophic climate impacts for humans is the possibility that warming may cause one or more of the ice sheets to become unstable, initiating a process ...
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... perhaps the greatest change to the entire region lay to the west of Miami. Visible from the diminishing, still functioning satellites (Cape Canaveral had been leveled by the great hurricane of 2045) was the great brown-to-black smudge ...
... perhaps the greatest change to the entire region lay to the west of Miami. Visible from the diminishing, still functioning satellites (Cape Canaveral had been leveled by the great hurricane of 2045) was the great brown-to-black smudge ...
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... perhaps for breeding sites as well. Both of these seagoing reptiles had to painfully wade ashore on legs turned to flippers to lay their precious eggs, always alert for the marauding tyrannosaurs of fearsome fame. These seabeds ...
... perhaps for breeding sites as well. Both of these seagoing reptiles had to painfully wade ashore on legs turned to flippers to lay their precious eggs, always alert for the marauding tyrannosaurs of fearsome fame. These seabeds ...
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... Perhaps forever. In a way, this book is meant to be a sort of geological version of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Call it “A Christmas Carol on Ice.” We do have ghosts of floods past, present, and future to reckon with. The ghost of the ...
... Perhaps forever. In a way, this book is meant to be a sort of geological version of Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Call it “A Christmas Carol on Ice.” We do have ghosts of floods past, present, and future to reckon with. The ghost of the ...
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