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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... 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.
... 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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... 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 of disintegration that is out of humanity's control. —JAMES HANSEN Everything comes ...
... 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 of disintegration that is out of humanity's control. —JAMES HANSEN Everything comes ...
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... 121 Flooding of Coastal Countries and Cities Extinction? Stopping Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Notes References Index 13 39 91 149 177 195 219 235 251 MIAMI BEACHED Miami, 2120 CE. Carbon dioxide at 800 ppm. | vii Contents.
... 121 Flooding of Coastal Countries and Cities Extinction? Stopping Catastrophic Sea Level Rise Notes References Index 13 39 91 149 177 195 219 235 251 MIAMI BEACHED Miami, 2120 CE. Carbon dioxide at 800 ppm. | vii Contents.
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... catastrophic land loss by incursion of the sea for tens of thousands of years, if ever. But no one believes that ... catastrophe. As we saw in the Introduction, based on evidence emerging in Florida, only slightly more than 125,000 years ...
... catastrophic land loss by incursion of the sea for tens of thousands of years, if ever. But no one believes that ... catastrophe. As we saw in the Introduction, based on evidence emerging in Florida, only slightly more than 125,000 years ...
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