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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... levees held . The levees left the land starved for new sediment while the natural process of subsi- dence never paused . This is what turned New Orleans into the famous fishbowl . It's what created the giant depression , surrounded by ...
... levees held . The levees left the land starved for new sediment while the natural process of subsi- dence never paused . This is what turned New Orleans into the famous fishbowl . It's what created the giant depression , surrounded by ...
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... levees , the first Easter Islanders did not intend to reduce fu- ture generations to cannibalism when they ... levees . The levees made prosperity possible for a very long time , but their con- tinued use ultimately destroyed the entire ...
... levees , the first Easter Islanders did not intend to reduce fu- ture generations to cannibalism when they ... levees . The levees made prosperity possible for a very long time , but their con- tinued use ultimately destroyed the entire ...
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... levees . ” In my state of Maryland , no fewer than three hundred miles of shoreline have been armored in recent ... levees may be an option for holding back the sea . But this , too , is very expensive , as New Orleans has shown . And we ...
... levees . ” In my state of Maryland , no fewer than three hundred miles of shoreline have been armored in recent ... levees may be an option for holding back the sea . But this , too , is very expensive , as New Orleans has shown . And we ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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