Bibliograph

The attacking ocean, the past, present, and future of rising sea levels, Brian Fagan

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The attacking ocean, the past, present, and future of rising sea levels, Brian Fagan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The attacking ocean

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

812252899

Responsibility statement

Brian Fagan

Sub title

the past, present, and future of rising sea levels

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. By the best-selling author of The Great Warming

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 ruled, by the wind, the moon and us."

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