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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... Island seemed inevitable . But it didn't happen . The reality of increasingly harmed Japanese peasants led rulers to ... islands , restoring to society most of the ecosystem services of tree cover while allowing for sustainable timber ...
... Island seemed inevitable . But it didn't happen . The reality of increasingly harmed Japanese peasants led rulers to ... islands , restoring to society most of the ecosystem services of tree cover while allowing for sustainable timber ...
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... island nation of Tonga to parts of central and northwestern Europe . 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 ...
... island nation of Tonga to parts of central and northwestern Europe . 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 ...
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... islands or Bay islands . The lower Bay itself has nearly doubled in width and the wet- lands are all gone and every inch of remaining shoreline exists as if at the edge of a chronically full bathtub , where the Potomac River itself ...
... islands or Bay islands . The lower Bay itself has nearly doubled in width and the wet- lands are all gone and every inch of remaining shoreline exists as if at the edge of a chronically full bathtub , where the Potomac River itself ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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