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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... mean we are rapidly turning the majority of America's coastal cities into places greatly resembling New Orleans ... means that vast areas of many U.S. coastal cities will soon fall below sea level just like New Orleans , and they ...
... mean we are rapidly turning the majority of America's coastal cities into places greatly resembling New Orleans ... means that vast areas of many U.S. coastal cities will soon fall below sea level just like New Orleans , and they ...
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... means that barely a quarter of the energy from our cooking stoves actually reaches our food . It means only 15 percent of the energy in a gallon of gas ever reaches the tires of a U.S. car . It means that even when the electricity ...
... means that barely a quarter of the energy from our cooking stoves actually reaches our food . It means only 15 percent of the energy in a gallon of gas ever reaches the tires of a U.S. car . It means that even when the electricity ...
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... means to adapt to weather changes the the United States and other wealthy countries might adapt in the early stages ... mean lots and lots of sickness and hunger and death for people who have never stepped foot in a car . It is the ...
... means to adapt to weather changes the the United States and other wealthy countries might adapt in the early stages ... mean lots and lots of sickness and hunger and death for people who have never stepped foot in a car . It is the ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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