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The Attacking Ocean : The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels
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The Attacking Ocean : The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels
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Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Description:
xxii, 265 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
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.
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.".
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, c2013.
Subject:
Sea level -- History.
Ocean -- History.
Coast changes
Global temperature changes
Climatic changes
Global warming
Mean sea level
Sea level rise
Oceans
Sea, The
Coastal erosion
Coasts -- Erosion
Shore erosion
Temperature changes, Global
World temperature changes
Changes, Climatic
Changes in climate
Climate change
Climate change science
Climate changes
Climate variations
Climatic change
Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
Climatic fluctuations
Climatic variations
Global climate changes
Global climatic changes
Global warming -- Environmental aspects
Warming, Global
SAILS ISBN:
9781608196920