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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And despite the fact that even Pentagon planners had begun exploring military
contingencies for the economically unstable and socially violent world of climate
chaos just ahead . And despite the fact that at least one Bush cabinet member ...
And despite the fact that even Pentagon planners had begun exploring military
contingencies for the economically unstable and socially violent world of climate
chaos just ahead . And despite the fact that at least one Bush cabinet member ...
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Compounding matters is the fact that New York sits on an extremely shallow
continental shelf , which causes any surge to pile up on itself even before it
reaches the city . These factors together give Gotham some of the highest storm -
surge ...
Compounding matters is the fact that New York sits on an extremely shallow
continental shelf , which causes any surge to pile up on itself even before it
reaches the city . These factors together give Gotham some of the highest storm -
surge ...
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ment over what to do about a certain set of immutable scientific facts . Bush ,
instead , has systematically attempted to hide the facts from the American people
. And when he can ' t hide the facts , when he ' s forced to tell at least part of the
truth ...
ment over what to do about a certain set of immutable scientific facts . Bush ,
instead , has systematically attempted to hide the facts from the American people
. And when he can ' t hide the facts , when he ' s forced to tell at least part of the
truth ...
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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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