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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At one point out at sea , Rita was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in
the Gulf of Mexico , with sustained Category 5 winds of 175 miles per hour and a
circumference nearly as big as the Gulf itself . She came ashore along Louisiana
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At one point out at sea , Rita was the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in
the Gulf of Mexico , with sustained Category 5 winds of 175 miles per hour and a
circumference nearly as big as the Gulf itself . She came ashore along Louisiana
...
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That ' s about 2 , 000 cubic miles of melted ice and snow , creating enough liquid
to turn the entire state of Texas into a New Orleans , covering it with tens of feet of
water . Imagine the Astrodome and all of Houston inundated . Dallas under ...
That ' s about 2 , 000 cubic miles of melted ice and snow , creating enough liquid
to turn the entire state of Texas into a New Orleans , covering it with tens of feet of
water . Imagine the Astrodome and all of Houston inundated . Dallas under ...
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For the first time any scientist or native hunter can recall , the polar bears of
Alaska are drowning Researchers found four of the 700 - pound bears floating
dead in open ocean water 60 miles north of Barrow in September 2004 . As many
as 36 ...
For the first time any scientist or native hunter can recall , the polar bears of
Alaska are drowning Researchers found four of the 700 - pound bears floating
dead in open ocean water 60 miles north of Barrow in September 2004 . As many
as 36 ...
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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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