The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal CitiesPredicts 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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... basic geologic phenomena at work . The first one , the one most people are
familiar with , is flooding . The whole ragged sole of the Louisiana boot was
created by seven thousand years of natural river flow and flooding from the
Mississippi .
... basic geologic phenomena at work . The first one , the one most people are
familiar with , is flooding . The whole ragged sole of the Louisiana boot was
created by seven thousand years of natural river flow and flooding from the
Mississippi .
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Significant wetland creation would take longer , but even these could be created
along the coast to the tune of tens of thousands of acres per year . This was all
possible , of course , because the lower Mississippi River is chock - full of soil .
Significant wetland creation would take longer , but even these could be created
along the coast to the tune of tens of thousands of acres per year . This was all
possible , of course , because the lower Mississippi River is chock - full of soil .
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Then , in the twentieth century , the use of coal switched from creating steam for
engines to creating nearly 40 percent of all the ... but infrared radiation , created
when light strikes the earth ' s surface , cannot pass as easily back out to space .
Then , in the twentieth century , the use of coal switched from creating steam for
engines to creating nearly 40 percent of all the ... but infrared radiation , created
when light strikes the earth ' s surface , cannot pass as easily back out to space .
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Why Do Societies Commit Suicide? | 33 |
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| Título | The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities |
| Autor | Mike Tidwell |
| Editor | Free Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1416560246, 9781416560241 |
| Largo | 196 páginas |
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