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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... 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.
... 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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... 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. But regardless of whether we reach the first 3 feet of sea level rise in 2100, or even 2200 (and ...
... 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. But regardless of whether we reach the first 3 feet of sea level rise in 2100, or even 2200 (and ...
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... global climate, and every single human on the planet produces the stuff, one way or another. Hence, the number of ... warming could be in the near future. In Chapter 8 I change gears away from the science 10 | THE FLOODED EARTH.
... global climate, and every single human on the planet produces the stuff, one way or another. Hence, the number of ... warming could be in the near future. In Chapter 8 I change gears away from the science 10 | THE FLOODED EARTH.
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... global warming to illustrate the potential “fixes” being proposed to remedy or manage the rise in sea level, through both local and global engineering. And I explore ways that we might yet stop the rising of the seas to levels that ...
... global warming to illustrate the potential “fixes” being proposed to remedy or manage the rise in sea level, through both local and global engineering. And I explore ways that we might yet stop the rising of the seas to levels that ...
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... warming, releasing its ice into the world's waters.8 His finding inspired the wrath of Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma (the leading Congressional skeptic on global warming) to denounce Steig as a scientific fraud. He accused Steig and ...
... warming, releasing its ice into the world's waters.8 His finding inspired the wrath of Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma (the leading Congressional skeptic on global warming) to denounce Steig as a scientific fraud. He accused Steig and ...
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