The atlas of disappearing places Our coasts and oceans in the climate crisis
Book - 2021
"A heavily illustrated book and narrative about the threat of rising sea levels around the world"--
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- Published
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New York :
The New Press
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- xv, 220 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781620974568
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I. Changing Chemistry
- Kure Atoll, Hawai'I: Plastic, Plastic Everywhere
- The Arabian Sea: Regime Shift
- Camden, Maine: Salt, Fat, Acid, (No) Meat
- The Cook Islands: Feeding the Fever
- San Francisco Bay: Seven-Layer Dip
- Part II. Strengthening Storms
- Houston: We Have A Problem
- Hamburg, Germany: River City At Risk
- New York, New York: Capital of Capital
- San Juan, Puerto Rico: Poder, Despacito
- Kutupalong Camp, Bangladesh: Human Tides
- Part III. Warming Waters
- The Arctic Ocean: When the Ice Melts
- Pisco, Peru: Enso and the End of Fish
- The North Atlantic: in Deep
- Kisite, Kenya: Coral Collapse
- Pine Island Glacier: What Happens In Antarctica Doesn't Stay In Antarctica
- Part IV. Rising Seas
- Shanghai, China: Sink, Sank, Sunk
- Hampton Roads, Virginia: Bye, Bye, Birdies
- Ben Tre, Vietnam: Doing More With Less
- The Thames Estuary, Britain: From Gravesend To Allhallows
- Ise, Japan: Tradition For the Future
- What's Next? by Marina Psaros
- Toward Transilience by Christina Conklin
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Image Sources
- Index