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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... cost . This comprehensive rescue pack- age_would require $ 14 billion to carry out , and Louisiana , by itself ... cost of the “ Big Dig ” tunnel - building project in downtown Boston or , later , the cost of just six weeks of spending ...
... cost . This comprehensive rescue pack- age_would require $ 14 billion to carry out , and Louisiana , by itself ... cost of the “ Big Dig ” tunnel - building project in downtown Boston or , later , the cost of just six weeks of spending ...
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... cost to this one state could be nearly a billion dollars , assuming the minimum cost of $ 600 per foot . Second , bulkheads wreck vital wetlands . The natural response of marshes is to migrate landward as the water rises . But in ...
... cost to this one state could be nearly a billion dollars , assuming the minimum cost of $ 600 per foot . Second , bulkheads wreck vital wetlands . The natural response of marshes is to migrate landward as the water rises . But in ...
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... cost me $ 10,000 , right ? Wrong . This fridge , which I immediately pur- chased , was itself a Sears Kenmore . But it was an " Energy Star " version , year 2001. It cost $ 750 , just $ 150 more than the standard model of its size . Yet ...
... cost me $ 10,000 , right ? Wrong . This fridge , which I immediately pur- chased , was itself a Sears Kenmore . But it was an " Energy Star " version , year 2001. It cost $ 750 , just $ 150 more than the standard model of its size . Yet ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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