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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... loss of all personal home insurance, coupled with the crippling costs of keeping a water system running against the unceasing lateral movement of salt water into the normal aquifers and reservoirs, bankrupted the city. The federal ...
... loss of all personal home insurance, coupled with the crippling costs of keeping a water system running against the unceasing lateral movement of salt water into the normal aquifers and reservoirs, bankrupted the city. The federal ...
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... loss of heat, the mid-ocean ridge is reduced in size, and the water level declines globally. The rate of change of sea level from this process is very slow indeed—with changes of several feet or more taking millions of years—but ...
... loss of heat, the mid-ocean ridge is reduced in size, and the water level declines globally. The rate of change of sea level from this process is very slow indeed—with changes of several feet or more taking millions of years—but ...
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... loss of agriculture, and the equally calamitous flooding of coastal 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 ...
... loss of agriculture, and the equally calamitous flooding of coastal 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 ...
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... loss of arable land alone from these two processes guarantees massive famine on an unprecedented scale. Animals would easily walk away. Plants would try to disperse. But humanheld property does not get up and move toward higher ground ...
... loss of arable land alone from these two processes guarantees massive famine on an unprecedented scale. Animals would easily walk away. Plants would try to disperse. But humanheld property does not get up and move toward higher ground ...
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... loss of Arctic sea ice. When that melts, sea level does not change. But the ice on land that melts goes right into the sea—and raises its level. Since that time, there has been no geographic change of Greenland, such as a move northward ...
... loss of Arctic sea ice. When that melts, sea level does not change. But the ice on land that melts goes right into the sea—and raises its level. Since that time, there has been no geographic change of Greenland, such as a move northward ...
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