The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal CitiesFree Press, 2006 - 196 páginas Predicts a rise in ocean levels throughout the next few decades and more catastrophic weather patterns that are threatening some of the nation's largest cities, identifying the consequences of the past century's consumption of fossil fuels. |
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... its rumbling surge tide lets us know it's rapidly pouring in from afar . my THE SENSORY SHOCK WAVES began immediately that November day , 2005 , as my plane approached New Orleans from the east . There below window I see a city awash in ...
... its rumbling surge tide lets us know it's rapidly pouring in from afar . my THE SENSORY SHOCK WAVES began immediately that November day , 2005 , as my plane approached New Orleans from the east . There below window I see a city awash in ...
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... It's just too big a hassle . Bush presents this view of our nation not because it's true . Not be- cause it makes sense . Not because it's good policy . He says all this be- cause he's an oil man . The solution to global warming means ...
... It's just too big a hassle . Bush presents this view of our nation not because it's true . Not be- cause it makes sense . Not because it's good policy . He says all this be- cause he's an oil man . The solution to global warming means ...
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... It's helped preserve at least two Maryland farms , enhanced the bottom line of a stove- manufacturing company in Minnesota , and , oh yeah , kept hundreds of tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in the process . It's also made ...
... It's helped preserve at least two Maryland farms , enhanced the bottom line of a stove- manufacturing company in Minnesota , and , oh yeah , kept hundreds of tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in the process . It's also made ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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