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"Harvey. Maria. Irma. Sandy. Katrina. We live in a time of unprecedented hurricanes and catastrophic weather events, a time when it is increasingly clear that climate change is neither imagined nor distant--and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In this highly original work of lyrical reportage, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place. Weaving firsthand accounts from those facing this choice--a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de Jean Charles, a neighborhood in Pensacola settled by escaped slaves hundreds of years ago--with profiles of wildlife biologists, activists, and other members of the communities both currently at risk and already displaced, Rising privileges the voices of those usually kept at the margins. At once polyphonic and precise, Rising is a shimmering meditation on vulnerability and on vulnerable communities, both human and more than human, and on how to let go of the places we love." -- Amazon.com.
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Coast changes, Climatic factors, Travel, Coasts, Sea level, Fireplaces, Climatic changes, United states, environmental conditions, United states, description and travel, New York Times reviewed, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Coastal Regions & Shorelines, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Essays, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate ChangePeople
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
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Rising: dispatches from the new American shore
2018
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Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
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"I have lived in Rhode Island for one week when I set out to explore the nearest tidal marsh, the landscape I know will be the first to show signs of sea level rise."
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