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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... planet was burning 5.8 billion short tons of coal per year to send electrons hurtling down conductive wires virtually everywhere people could be found . But there was a problem . A big problem . Way back on Christmas Eve , 1894 ...
... planet was burning 5.8 billion short tons of coal per year to send electrons hurtling down conductive wires virtually everywhere people could be found . But there was a problem . A big problem . Way back on Christmas Eve , 1894 ...
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... planet to bring us together . We've attacked the planet ourselves , disrupting our one and only climate system . Now , whether we like it or not , we're all finally on the same team . The Wall Street broker and Calcutta street child and ...
... planet to bring us together . We've attacked the planet ourselves , disrupting our one and only climate system . Now , whether we like it or not , we're all finally on the same team . The Wall Street broker and Calcutta street child and ...
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... planet might actually be cooling , not warming . So burn more oil . By the mid - nineties , they said , well , it looks like the planet is warming , but hu- mans aren't causing it and besides it's going to be good for us : longer ...
... planet might actually be cooling , not warming . So burn more oil . By the mid - nineties , they said , well , it looks like the planet is warming , but hu- mans aren't causing it and besides it's going to be good for us : longer ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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