The Rising Sea |
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| Author:
| Pilkey, Orrin H.
Young, Rob |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59726-191-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Publisher: | Island Press
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| Imprint: | Shearwater Books |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field disappears every day. For these communities, sea level rise isn't a distant, abstract fear: it's happening now and it's threatening ......
On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field disappears every day. For these communities, sea level rise isn't a distant, abstract fear: it's happening now and it's threatening ......