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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... official and journalist in Amer- ica began interpreting the great calamity of Katrina as a matter of flawed levees and poor evacuation plans . These factors , to be sure , con- tributed enormously to the appalling destruction and death ...
... official and journalist in Amer- ica began interpreting the great calamity of Katrina as a matter of flawed levees and poor evacuation plans . These factors , to be sure , con- tributed enormously to the appalling destruction and death ...
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... officials removed almost all references to global warming from a landmark , six - hundred - page EPA report on the state of ... official reports produced by federal climate scientists . Before the global warming reports could be released ...
... officials removed almost all references to global warming from a landmark , six - hundred - page EPA report on the state of ... official reports produced by federal climate scientists . Before the global warming reports could be released ...
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... official mission statement is " to understand and protect our home planet . " He simultaneously referred journalists to yet another federal agency , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , where he said at- tempts to ...
... official mission statement is " to understand and protect our home planet . " He simultaneously referred journalists to yet another federal agency , the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , where he said at- tempts to ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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