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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... tree on their island , that's what happened . One by one the trees fell until there were no more , and so the people starved . The giant palm trees had pro- vided edible nuts and oil . More important , from the enormous palm trunks the ...
... tree on their island , that's what happened . One by one the trees fell until there were no more , and so the people starved . The giant palm trees had pro- vided edible nuts and oil . More important , from the enormous palm trunks the ...
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... trees made for excellent canoes . But everything is con- nected to everything . Without the trees , the fragile island soil couldn't survive the erosive effect of wind and rains . Without soil , new trees couldn't grow . With no new ...
... trees made for excellent canoes . But everything is con- nected to everything . Without the trees , the fragile island soil couldn't survive the erosive effect of wind and rains . Without soil , new trees couldn't grow . With no new ...
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... trees , stretching to every horizon , covering every hill , filling every valley floor . Across four million acres this haunting graveyard spreads , every tree destroyed by a single insect species : the Alaskan spruce beetle . With ...
... trees , stretching to every horizon , covering every hill , filling every valley floor . Across four million acres this haunting graveyard spreads , every tree destroyed by a single insect species : the Alaskan spruce beetle . With ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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