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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That ' s equal to all of Lake Erie flowing into the ocean every twelve months . Of
course , land - based glaciers are not the only ice that ' s melting on the planet .
Polar sea ice is vanishing , too , as we ' ve seen . Recent spectacular examples ...
That ' s equal to all of Lake Erie flowing into the ocean every twelve months . Of
course , land - based glaciers are not the only ice that ' s melting on the planet .
Polar sea ice is vanishing , too , as we ' ve seen . Recent spectacular examples ...
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Like the air and the land , the world ' s oceans are themselves warming up . And
when water gets warmer , the ... And when untold zillions of molecules of
saltwater do this , the result , quite simply , is a bigger ocean . Best estimates are
that two ...
Like the air and the land , the world ' s oceans are themselves warming up . And
when water gets warmer , the ... And when untold zillions of molecules of
saltwater do this , the result , quite simply , is a bigger ocean . Best estimates are
that two ...
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The air above a warm ocean , in turn , holds more moisture . As sea - surface
temperatures increase , so do the moisture levels in the air above , and this
moisture constitutes the raw fuel for hurricane growth . A storm gets its start when
an area ...
The air above a warm ocean , in turn , holds more moisture . As sea - surface
temperatures increase , so do the moisture levels in the air above , and this
moisture constitutes the raw fuel for hurricane growth . A storm gets its start when
an area ...
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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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