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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... Happened T HERE IS PERHAPS no better way to understand global warming and all its implications than to carefully study the history of New Orleans . This may sound odd , but I make the claim with complete sincerity . To appreciate the ...
... Happened T HERE IS PERHAPS no better way to understand global warming and all its implications than to carefully study the history of New Orleans . This may sound odd , but I make the claim with complete sincerity . To appreciate the ...
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... happened . The hurricane became the biggest storm disaster in U.S. history not because the hurricane lev- failed , but because for centuries the river levees held . The levees left the land starved for new sediment while the natural ...
... happened . The hurricane became the biggest storm disaster in U.S. history not because the hurricane lev- failed , but because for centuries the river levees held . The levees left the land starved for new sediment while the natural ...
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... happened ? The Easter Islanders cut down every last tree on their island , that's what happened . One by one the trees fell until there were no more , and so the people starved . The giant palm trees had pro- vided edible nuts and oil ...
... happened ? The Easter Islanders cut down every last tree on their island , that's what happened . One by one the trees fell until there were no more , and so the people starved . The giant palm trees had pro- vided edible nuts and oil ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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