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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As far back as the early 1970s , geologists at Louisiana State University had
established that a series of feasible engineering projects not only could
counteract much of the subsidence but could actually create new barrier islands
and wetlands ...
As far back as the early 1970s , geologists at Louisiana State University had
established that a series of feasible engineering projects not only could
counteract much of the subsidence but could actually create new barrier islands
and wetlands ...
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of dollars for the restoration of wetlands in Iraq while Louisiana lay dying on the
table . Saddam Hussein had drained a vast area of wetlands inhabited by some
of his staunchest enemies , the so - called Marsh Arabs , a fiercely independent ...
of dollars for the restoration of wetlands in Iraq while Louisiana lay dying on the
table . Saddam Hussein had drained a vast area of wetlands inhabited by some
of his staunchest enemies , the so - called Marsh Arabs , a fiercely independent ...
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Second , bulkheads wreck vital wetlands . The natural response of marshes is to
migrate landward as the water rises . But increasingly , these grasses will meet
walls of wooden pilings and concrete slabs that protect roads and homes and ...
Second , bulkheads wreck vital wetlands . The natural response of marshes is to
migrate landward as the water rises . But increasingly , these grasses will meet
walls of wooden pilings and concrete slabs that protect roads and homes and ...
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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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