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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... -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.
... -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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... 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 to an end. —DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER ...
... 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 to an end. —DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER ...
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... 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 not 2075 ...
... 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 not 2075 ...
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... warm seasons, an ice sheet will form. All that water ultimately comes from the sea, so a growing ice sheet causes the level of the sea to drop. The opposite process also occurs: a melting ice sheet causes sea level to rise. Long before ...
... warm seasons, an ice sheet will form. All that water ultimately comes from the sea, so a growing ice sheet causes the level of the sea to drop. The opposite process also occurs: a melting ice sheet causes sea level to rise. Long before ...
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... warm ocean of apparent peace and biological plenty covers trouble brewing, because most of the Acropora corals in Pennekamp are quite dead, the ocean has been slowly warmed over the previous decades, and this Florida reef tract was one ...
... warm ocean of apparent peace and biological plenty covers trouble brewing, because most of the Acropora corals in Pennekamp are quite dead, the ocean has been slowly warmed over the previous decades, and this Florida reef tract was one ...
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