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Moving to higher ground : rising sea level and the path forward / John Englander ; foreword by Senator Angus King ; afterword by Sir David King.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: The Science Bookshelf, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781733499910
  • 1733499911
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GC89 ENG
Summary: "Learn how Sea Level Rise (SLR) is unstoppable for many centuries due to excess heat already stored in our oceans--and how soon our shorelines will go underwater ... Understand how disastrous SLR will profoundly affect more than 10,000 coastal communities as soon as 2050, both in the U.S. and around the world. What will happen where you live? How much will the water rise? And when? Find out why extreme weather events, forest fires, and flooding share the same causes as catastrophic SLR, but weather disruptions are temporary and SLR permanent. Devastatingly so. Discover what industries and properties will feel the greatest, and earliest, impacts. Learn what all planners and coastal property owners need to know now to urgently begin to move and adapt. Examine the unique problems faced by the military, Infrastructure planners, architects, flood managers, policy planners, banks, insurance companies, and real estate businesses. And some unique solutions. Find out how and why government policy makers have been completely ineffective delivering any successful strategy for climate change and sea level rise. Answer the questions, WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?, And what does THE PATH FORWARD look like? In time of great financial and environmental peril, WHO WILL LEAD US? Prepare to be surprised at the answer."--Amazon.com
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf GE89 ENG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 161585 Available BK149589
Book Book PostGraduate Studies Library Open Shelf GE89 ENG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 161584 Available BK149436

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-212) and index.

"Learn how Sea Level Rise (SLR) is unstoppable for many centuries due to excess heat already stored in our oceans--and how soon our shorelines will go underwater ... Understand how disastrous SLR will profoundly affect more than 10,000 coastal communities as soon as 2050, both in the U.S. and around the world. What will happen where you live? How much will the water rise? And when? Find out why extreme weather events, forest fires, and flooding share the same causes as catastrophic SLR, but weather disruptions are temporary and SLR permanent. Devastatingly so. Discover what industries and properties will feel the greatest, and earliest, impacts. Learn what all planners and coastal property owners need to know now to urgently begin to move and adapt. Examine the unique problems faced by the military, Infrastructure planners, architects, flood managers, policy planners, banks, insurance companies, and real estate businesses. And some unique solutions. Find out how and why government policy makers have been completely ineffective delivering any successful strategy for climate change and sea level rise. Answer the questions, WHAT SHOULD WE DO NOW?, And what does THE PATH FORWARD look like? In time of great financial and environmental peril, WHO WILL LEAD US? Prepare to be surprised at the answer."--Amazon.com

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