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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... moving in greater and greater numbers to attractive ocean shores and ,
unfortunately , the inevitable storms . Think Florida panhandle . Think Outer
Banks of North Carolina . All of those people moved closer to the ocean . But in
Louisiana ...
... moving in greater and greater numbers to attractive ocean shores and ,
unfortunately , the inevitable storms . Think Florida panhandle . Think Outer
Banks of North Carolina . All of those people moved closer to the ocean . But in
Louisiana ...
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The world ' s oceans , which already cover most of the planet , are getting warmer
, so they ' re getting bigger . They ' re jumping past their old boundaries and they '
re on the move . And where they ' re moving is directly toward us , the human ...
The world ' s oceans , which already cover most of the planet , are getting warmer
, so they ' re getting bigger . They ' re jumping past their old boundaries and they '
re on the move . And where they ' re moving is directly toward us , the human ...
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Planned retreat is the least favored option , of course , since no one wants to be
told to move back from the pretty ... island communities in the Chesapeake Bay to
the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina that was moved inland ...
Planned retreat is the least favored option , of course , since no one wants to be
told to move back from the pretty ... island communities in the Chesapeake Bay to
the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in North Carolina that was moved inland ...
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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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