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 barely a year before that prediction came true , a gathering of state , local ,
and federal officials used computer models to examine the impacts of a fictional “
Hurricane Pam . ” That exercise showed city levees collapsing from a surge tide ...
And barely a year before that prediction came true , a gathering of state , local ,
and federal officials used computer models to examine the impacts of a fictional “
Hurricane Pam . ” That exercise showed city levees collapsing from a surge tide ...
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The wind itself will then blow through the city at , say , 120 miles per hour , with
impacts scarcely comprehensible . Many of the city ' s two million trees , their
roots wrapped tightly around all manner of buried telephone and electrical wires ,
will ...
The wind itself will then blow through the city at , say , 120 miles per hour , with
impacts scarcely comprehensible . Many of the city ' s two million trees , their
roots wrapped tightly around all manner of buried telephone and electrical wires ,
will ...
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The Potential Impacts of Global Warming on the Metropolitan East Coast : Critical
Findings for the New York Metropolitan Region from the First National
Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change . ”
June 2 ...
The Potential Impacts of Global Warming on the Metropolitan East Coast : Critical
Findings for the New York Metropolitan Region from the First National
Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change . ”
June 2 ...
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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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