Sea Level Rising: The Chatham Story - Couverture souple

Sargent, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0764332619 ISBN 13 : 9780764332616

Editeur : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

On April 16, 2007, an early spring storm broke through Cape Cods barrier beach. Overnight, the citizens of Chatham had to contend with as much sea level rise as most communities will face in the next fifty years. A dozen homes were swept away in as many months and, today, a new inlet is aimed at the heart of the village. Another hundred houses and the third most lucrative fishing port in New England will be endangered in the coming years. Bill Sargent tells the story of this seemingly microcosmic event, but it is not unique. Nearly 200 other American coastal communities will face similar problems as their barrier beaches break down over the next twenty years. Sea Level Rising is a clarion call for coastal communities to prepare for the chronic effects of global warming. Most importantly, it puts a human face on global warming, arguably the gravest threat to ever face human civilization.

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À propos de l'auteur

William Sargent is a consultant for the "NOVA" science series on public television and has written eight extensively on science and environment. He was a research assistant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and past director of the Baltimore Aquarium. He has taught marine biology at the Briarwood Center and science writing at Harvard University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0764332619
• ISBN 13: 9780764332616
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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