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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... earth : our future in a world without ice caps / Peter D. Ward. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-465-00949-7 (alk. paper) 1. Ice caps. 2. Ice sheets. 3. Global warming. 4. Sea level. I. Title. GB2401.7 ...
... earth : our future in a world without ice caps / Peter D. Ward. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-465-00949-7 (alk. paper) 1. Ice caps. 2. Ice sheets. 3. Global warming. 4. Sea level. I. Title. GB2401.7 ...
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... Earth, such as the lower reaches of the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Mekong, and Ganges rivers— all these rich deltas losing all their green plants, which had been a significant portion of the world's oxygen-producing vegetation. The sea ...
... Earth, such as the lower reaches of the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Mekong, and Ganges rivers— all these rich deltas losing all their green plants, which had been a significant portion of the world's oxygen-producing vegetation. The sea ...
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... earth has flooded before. Much of what we know about the new increase in sea level comes from what we have discovered about the very old rises and falls of the sea. Recent studies of the deep past have told us much about how the earth ...
... earth has flooded before. Much of what we know about the new increase in sea level comes from what we have discovered about the very old rises and falls of the sea. Recent studies of the deep past have told us much about how the earth ...
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... Earth. But a glance at the geological record of the North Dakota badlands shows that this part of the planet was once anything but landlocked. Near the North Dakotan border with Montana, the present-day landscape is made up of the ...
... Earth. But a glance at the geological record of the North Dakota badlands shows that this part of the planet was once anything but landlocked. Near the North Dakotan border with Montana, the present-day landscape is made up of the ...
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... Earth history—that ice is and will continue to melt faster than at any previous time. TELLING THE STORY OF THE FLOODED EARTH In this book, I explain what the consequences might be in the next centuries. The first chapter cuts to the ...
... Earth history—that ice is and will continue to melt faster than at any previous time. TELLING THE STORY OF THE FLOODED EARTH In this book, I explain what the consequences might be in the next centuries. The first chapter cuts to the ...
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