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Cargando... Sea Level Rise: A Slow Tsunami on America's Shorespor Orrin H. Pilkey, Keith C. Pilkey
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. http://bactra.org/weblog/algae-2019-10.html#coasts ( ) The reality is that I've already picked up a lot of the points the authors make by (dare I say it) osmosis, but if one is looking for a nuts-and-bolts examination of the issues of living by the sea in 21st century America you could do a lot worse than this booklet, which is aimed at the average American homeowner, small businessman, and tax payer. The long-term picture is that many large urban communities in coastal areas are going to be submerged (particularly in Florida); that shouldn't be news at this point. However, the medium-term issue is the inundation of vulnerable infrastructure (roads, harbors, industrial installations, etc.), and that is probably where the United States as a society is really going to get caught out. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic waste sites, and oil production facilities will be at risk; port infrastructures will need to be raised; and over ten million Americans fleeing rising seas will become climate refugees. In Sea Level Rise Orrin H. Pilkey and Keith C. Pilkey argue that the only feasible response along much of the U.S. shoreline is an immediate and managed retreat. Among many topics, they examine sea level rise's effects on coastal ecosystems, health, and native Alaskan coastal communities. They also provide guidelines for those living on the coasts or planning on moving to or away from them, as well as the steps local governments should take to prepare for this unstoppable, impending catastrophe. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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