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 Sea Level 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.
... , and Sea Level 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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... cities to fight for, and which to surrender to the rising waters. Miami did not make the list. Nature was besieging the drowning city—the federal government could not afford to save a city like Miami, not with such a significant portion ...
... cities to fight for, and which to surrender to the rising waters. Miami did not make the list. Nature was besieging the drowning city—the federal government could not afford to save a city like Miami, not with such a significant portion ...
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... cities given over to the rapidly rising sea and to the mobs that burgeoned in the resulting chaos. It was under no flag now. The city itself—and Miami Beach, or the thin ribbon of land that remained of it—had become a strange new entity ...
... cities given over to the rapidly rising sea and to the mobs that burgeoned in the resulting chaos. It was under no flag now. The city itself—and Miami Beach, or the thin ribbon of land that remained of it—had become a strange new entity ...
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... cities as well, and that is the subject of Chapter 6. Chapter 7 again looks back in deep time, by examining previous epochs when there were no ice sheets. Those times inevitably led to mass extinctions, and I examine whether conditions ...
... cities as well, and that is the subject of Chapter 6. Chapter 7 again looks back in deep time, by examining previous epochs when there were no ice sheets. Those times inevitably led to mass extinctions, and I examine whether conditions ...
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... cities, and, if we cannot do that, how we might at least buy civilization more time by slowing the rate of rise. There is hope, if we act now. But the train is leaving the station. Perhaps forever. In a way, this book is meant to be a ...
... cities, and, if we cannot do that, how we might at least buy civilization more time by slowing the rate of rise. There is hope, if we act now. But the train is leaving the station. Perhaps forever. In a way, this book is meant to be a ...
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