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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The land between that original settlement and the Gulf of Mexico featured dark ,
dense tracts of forests full of live oaks and honey locusts , adorned with Spanish
moss and dwarf palmettos and creeping vines hanging from verdant upper ...
The land between that original settlement and the Gulf of Mexico featured dark ,
dense tracts of forests full of live oaks and honey locusts , adorned with Spanish
moss and dwarf palmettos and creeping vines hanging from verdant upper ...
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Early Japanese communities , their populations small , exploited these forests
continuously but lightly . They cleared ... Fuel wood came from fallen and low -
lying branches , and drinking water was kept clean and safe by the intact forest
itself .
Early Japanese communities , their populations small , exploited these forests
continuously but lightly . They cleared ... Fuel wood came from fallen and low -
lying branches , and drinking water was kept clean and safe by the intact forest
itself .
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By 1670 , much of Japan ' s once - glorious old - growth forests were completely
logged . Soil erosion , floods , mudslides , and barren farmland became common
. A collapse like Easter Island seemed inevitable . But it didn ' t happen .
By 1670 , much of Japan ' s once - glorious old - growth forests were completely
logged . Soil erosion , floods , mudslides , and barren farmland became common
. A collapse like Easter Island seemed inevitable . But it didn ' t happen .
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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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