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The attacking ocean

the past, present, and future of rising sea levels

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An edition of The attacking ocean (2013)

The attacking ocean

the past, present, and future of rising sea levels

First U.S. edition.

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A history of climate change describes the dramatic evolution and stabilization of the oceans before the rise of humans approximately 6,000 years ago, tracing a significant rise in global temperatures since 1860 and how a rising sea level is affecting world populations. By the best-selling author of The Great Warming.

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Bloomsbury Press
Language
English
Pages
265

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Subjects
History, Sea level, Ocean, Global warming, Coast changes, Global temperature changes, Climatic changes

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Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels
2013, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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The attacking ocean: the past, present, and future of rising sea levels
2013, Bloomsbury Press
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Table of Contents

Minus one hundred twenty-two meters and climbing
Millennia of dramatic change. Doggerland ; Euxine and Ta-Mehu ; "Marduk laid a reed on the face of the waters"
Catastrophic forces. "Men were swept away by waves" ; "The whole shoreline filled" ; "The abyss of the depths was uncovered" ; "The whole is now one festering mess" ; The Golden Waterway ; "Wave in the harbor"
Challenging inundations. A right to subsistence ; The dilemma of islands ; "The crookedest river in the world" ; "Here the tide is rule, by the wind, the moon and us."

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-255) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
551.45/8
Library of Congress
GC89 .F35 2013, GC89.F35 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 265 pages
Number of pages
265

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27146318M
Internet Archive
attackingoceanpa0000faga
ISBN 10
1608196925
ISBN 13
9781608196920
LCCN
2012043454
OCLC/WorldCat
812252899

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