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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... there's New York , a " water city " if ever there was one . It's com- posed of “ just four little islands and a bit of mainland laced together by eighty bridges and tunnels — the entries to many of which are barely above sea level , if ...
... there's New York , a " water city " if ever there was one . It's com- posed of “ just four little islands and a bit of mainland laced together by eighty bridges and tunnels — the entries to many of which are barely above sea level , if ...
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... There's nothing to visit here . It's a giant accident scene , this town , where people slow down to gawk a bit and ... there are cars . Dead cars . Everywhere . Hanging sideways in trees . Lying upside down on lawns . Joined in weirdly ...
... There's nothing to visit here . It's a giant accident scene , this town , where people slow down to gawk a bit and ... there are cars . Dead cars . Everywhere . Hanging sideways in trees . Lying upside down on lawns . Joined in weirdly ...
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... There's the daily waste of clean , re- newable energy all around us : the unused power of sunlight falling on our ... there are signs things are changing . In order to rapidly cut our greenhouse gas emissions by the 70 to 80 percent ...
... There's the daily waste of clean , re- newable energy all around us : the unused power of sunlight falling on our ... there are signs things are changing . In order to rapidly cut our greenhouse gas emissions by the 70 to 80 percent ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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