| Edition |
First U.S. edition |
| Phys Descr |
xxii, 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-255) and index |
| Contents |
Minus one hundred twenty-two meters and climbing -- Millennia of dramatic change. Doggerland ; Euxine and Ta-Mehu ; "Marduk laid a reed on the face of the waters" -- Catastrophic forces. "Men were swept away by waves" ; "The whole shoreline filled" ; "The abyss of the depths was uncovered" ; "The whole is now one festering mess" ; The Golden Waterway ; "Wave in the harbor" -- Challenging inundations. A right to subsistence ; The dilemma of islands ; "The crookedest river in the world" ; "Here the tide is ruled, by the wind, the moon and us." |
| Summary |
A history of climate change describes the dramatic evolution and stabilization of the oceans before the rise of humans approximately 6,000 years ago, tracing a significant rise in global temperatures since 1860 and how a rising sea level is affecting world populations. By the best-selling author of The Great Warming |
| Note |
USM: In honor of Dr. Alfred Padula, Professor Emeritus, Department of History |
| Subject |
Sea level -- History
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Ocean -- History
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Coast changes
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Global temperature changes
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Climatic changes
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Global warming
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| OCLC # |
812252899 |
| ISBN # |
9781608196920 |
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1608196925 |
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