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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... what happens to this region from roughly one and a half feet of sea - level rise . Push the other and you see what comes from about three feet of higher water . I remember standing there one ironically warm winter day , about to learn ...
... what happens to this region from roughly one and a half feet of sea - level rise . Push the other and you see what comes from about three feet of higher water . I remember standing there one ironically warm winter day , about to learn ...
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... What I don't understand is what we're waiting for . FOR ANYONE who fully accepts the reality of global warming and drops all denial about what's causing it , daily life in America can be a difficult thing to take in indeed . Seeing the ...
... What I don't understand is what we're waiting for . FOR ANYONE who fully accepts the reality of global warming and drops all denial about what's causing it , daily life in America can be a difficult thing to take in indeed . Seeing the ...
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... what U.S. News and World Re- port calls “ an increasingly energy - schizoid land . ” The situation emerges ... What's needed is an Amer- ican policy that enhances , unifies , and streamlines the best of these scattered internal ...
... what U.S. News and World Re- port calls “ an increasingly energy - schizoid land . ” The situation emerges ... What's needed is an Amer- ican policy that enhances , unifies , and streamlines the best of these scattered internal ...
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Real Reason Katrina Happened | 7 |
Ignoring the Warning Signs in Louisiana | 20 |
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