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Fagan, Brian M.
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Sea level -- History.
Sea level.
Coast changes.
Global temperature changes.
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
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Fagan, Brian M.
Sea level -- History.
Sea level.
Coast changes.
Global temperature changes.
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
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The attacking ocean : the past, present, and future of rising sea levels / Brian Fagan.
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Fagan, Brian M.
Bloomsbury Press, c2013.
Call #:
551
.458
F151a
Subjects
Sea level -- History.
Sea level.
Coast changes.
Global temperature changes.
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Series
Extreme environmental threats.
ISBN:
9781608196920 (hc.)
1608196925 (hc.)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xxii, 265 p. : ills, maps, photos. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-255) and index.
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 ruled, by the wind, the moon and us."
Summary:
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.
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