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Rising Sea

  • ISBN-13: 9781610910040
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Orrin H. Pilkey, By Rob Young
  • Price: AUD $63.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 16/04/2011
  • Format: Paperback 224 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Popular science [PDZ]
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On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field disappears every day. For these communities, sea level rise isn't a distant, abstract fear: it's happening now and it's threatening their way of life.
 
In The Rising Sea, Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young warn that many other coastal areas may be close behind. Prominent scientists predict that the oceans may rise by as much as seven feet in the next hundred years. That means coastal cities will be forced to construct dikes and seawalls or to move buildings, roads, pipelines, and railroads to avert inundation and destruction.
 
The question is no longer whether climate change is causing the oceans to swell, but by how much and how quickly. Pilkey and Young deftly guide readers through the science, explaining the facts and debunking the claims of industry-sponsored “skeptics.a They also explore the consequences for fish, wildlife'and people.
 
While rising seas are now inevitable, we are far from helpless. By making hard choices'including uprooting citizens, changing where and how we build, and developing a coordinated national response'we can save property, and ultimately lives. With unassailable research and practical insights, The Rising Sea is a critical first step in understanding the threat and keeping our heads above water.
Preface
 
Chapter 1  Living on the Edge
Chapter 2. Why the Sea Is Rising
Chapter 3. Predicting the Unpredictable
Chapter 4. The 800-pound Gorillas
Chapter 5. A Sea of Denial
Chapter 6. The Living Coasts
Chapter 7. People and the Rising Sea
Chapter 8. Ground Zero: The Mississippi Delta
Chapter 9. Sounding Retreat
 
References
Acknowledgments
Index
"The Rising Sea....is a book that is likely to inspire many. The authors knowledgably and effectively sound the retreat from the coast."
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