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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... was once full and muscular and unbroken giving way by 2005 to something
wispy and tattered and full of gaping holes . A million acres of wetlands had
disappeared and the once fortresslike barrier islands were almost completely
gone .
... was once full and muscular and unbroken giving way by 2005 to something
wispy and tattered and full of gaping holes . A million acres of wetlands had
disappeared and the once fortresslike barrier islands were almost completely
gone .
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If only Louisiana had rebuilt its wetlands and barrier islands the way Japan
rebuilt its forests , nearly half a million Louisianians would not still be displaced
with the likelihood that most will never return home . Apart from the cultural
differences ...
If only Louisiana had rebuilt its wetlands and barrier islands the way Japan
rebuilt its forests , nearly half a million Louisianians would not still be displaced
with the likelihood that most will never return home . Apart from the cultural
differences ...
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That storm would have to be so huge it could push a wall of water past the
Atlantic barrier islands and past the Chesapeake Bay islands of Smith and
Tangier and up and over thousands of acres of wetlands and up the Potomac
River and ...
That storm would have to be so huge it could push a wall of water past the
Atlantic barrier islands and past the Chesapeake Bay islands of Smith and
Tangier and up and over thousands of acres of wetlands and up the Potomac
River and ...
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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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