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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... Washington , D.C. , it would take an extraordinary storm to seriously flood the national mall , located in the heart of downtown , just ten subway stops from my home . It would take what storm experts call a❝hundred - year " surge tide ...
... Washington , D.C. , it would take an extraordinary storm to seriously flood the national mall , located in the heart of downtown , just ten subway stops from my home . It would take what storm experts call a❝hundred - year " surge tide ...
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... Washington that global warming was a real problem and that human beings were driving it through fossil fuel combustion . But the biggest climate warning of all since the Katrina disaster comes from faraway Greenland and its great ...
... Washington that global warming was a real problem and that human beings were driving it through fossil fuel combustion . But the biggest climate warning of all since the Katrina disaster comes from faraway Greenland and its great ...
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... Washington , D.C. , 73 , 74-75 , 79 , 80 , 83 Washington Post , 10 , 30 , 44 , 96 , 113 , 114 , 133 , 166 , 171 , 173 Washington Shipping Channel and Tidal Basin , 79 water , 63-64 water vapor , 98 Watson , Robert , 146 Watt - Cloutier ...
... Washington , D.C. , 73 , 74-75 , 79 , 80 , 83 Washington Post , 10 , 30 , 44 , 96 , 113 , 114 , 133 , 166 , 171 , 173 Washington Shipping Channel and Tidal Basin , 79 water , 63-64 water vapor , 98 Watson , Robert , 146 Watt - Cloutier ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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