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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... 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 References Index 13 39 91 149 177 195 ...
... 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 References Index 13 39 91 149 177 195 ...
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... flooding cleansed them of the more liquid toxins. The sediments leavened with heavy metals and arsenic were another matter. Miami's most immediate problem was freshwater. The rising sea levels had caused the city to finally lose all ...
... flooding cleansed them of the more liquid toxins. The sediments leavened with heavy metals and arsenic were another matter. Miami's most immediate problem was freshwater. The rising sea levels had caused the city to finally lose all ...
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... FLOODING PLANET This book is about the impending and ever-accelerating rise of the oceans due to global warming. Neither the rise nor its cause can be doubted any longer. The only question is how high the seas will rise, and how fast ...
... FLOODING PLANET This book is about the impending and ever-accelerating rise of the oceans due to global warming. Neither the rise nor its cause can be doubted any longer. The only question is how high the seas will rise, and how fast ...
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... record tells us that the lighter-colored beds were deposited in richly vegetated river valleys near the end of the Cretaceous Period, over a time interval from about 68 million to 65 million years ago, and 6 | THE FLOODED EARTH.
... record tells us that the lighter-colored beds were deposited in richly vegetated river valleys near the end of the Cretaceous Period, over a time interval from about 68 million to 65 million years ago, and 6 | THE FLOODED EARTH.
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... flood the world that our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will inherit. What might make it unique is the rate at which it is happening. There is every reason to believe that we are on the cusp of the most rapid rate of sea level ...
... flood the world that our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will inherit. What might make it unique is the rate at which it is happening. There is every reason to believe that we are on the cusp of the most rapid rate of sea level ...
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