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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Adding this factor means that monster hundred - year surges could very well
strike Washington every twenty - five years or even every decade . Suddenly , the
District of Columbia and nearby Baltimore and much of the rest of the region
where I ...
Adding this factor means that monster hundred - year surges could very well
strike Washington every twenty - five years or even every decade . Suddenly , the
District of Columbia and nearby Baltimore and much of the rest of the region
where I ...
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Our lack of a coherent national energy policy 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 ...
Our lack of a coherent national energy policy 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 ...
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Africa simply doesn ' t have the means to adapt to weather changes the way the
United States and other wealthy countries might ... In Africa , global warming will
mean lots and lots of sickness and hunger and death for people who have never
...
Africa simply doesn ' t have the means to adapt to weather changes the way the
United States and other wealthy countries might ... In Africa , global warming will
mean lots and lots of sickness and hunger and death for people who have never
...
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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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