Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, And The Remaking Of The Civilized WorldISBN13:9780316260206ISBN10:0316260207Author:Goodell, Jeff (Author)Description:An Immersive, Mildly Gonzo And Depressingly Well-Timed Book About The Drenching Effects Of Global Warming, And A Powerful Reminder That We Can Bury Our Heads In The Sand About Climate Change For Only So Long Before The Sand Itself Disappears (Jennifer Senior, New York Times) A New York Times Critics' Top Book Of 2017One Of Washington Post's 50 Notable Works Of Nonfiction In 2017One Of Booklist's Top 10 Science Books Of 2017What If Atlantis Wasn't A Myth, But An Early Precursor To A New Age Of Great Flooding? Across The Globe, Scientists And Civilians Alike Are Noticing Rapidly Rising Sea Levels, And Higher And Higher Tides Pushing More Water Directly Into The Places We Live, From Our Most Vibrant, Historic Cities To Our Last Remaining Traditional Coastal Villages With Each Crack In The Great Ice Sheets Of The Arctic And Antarctica, And Each Tick Upwards Of Earth's Thermometer, We Are Moving Closer To The Brink Of Broad Disaster By Century's End, Hundreds Of Millions Of People Will Be Retreating From The World's Shores As Our Coasts Become Inundated And Our Landscapes Transformed From Island Nations To The World's Major Cities, Coastal Regions Will Disappear Engineering Projects To Hold Back The Water Are Bold And May Buy Some Time Yet Despite International Efforts And Tireless Research, There Is No Permanent Solution-No Barriers To Erect Or Walls To Build-That Will Protect Us In The End From The Drowning Of The World As We Know It The Water Will Come Is The Definitive Account Of The Coming Water, Why And How This Will Happen, And What It Will All Mean As He Travels Across Twelve Countries And Reports From The Front Lines, Acclaimed Journalist Jeff Goodell Employs Fact, Science, And First-Person, On-The-Ground Journalism To Show Vivid Scenes From What Already Is Becoming A Water World Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:BACK BAY BOOKSPublication Date:2018-08-07Weight:0.65 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 8.2'' L x 5.5'' WNumber of Pages:352Language:English
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Book Title: Water Will Come : Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
Item Length: 8.3in
Item Height: 1.3in
Item Width: 5.6in
Author: Jeff Goodell
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Natural Disasters, Ecosystems & Habitats / Oceans & Seas, Global Warming & Climate Change
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication Year: 2018
Genre: Nature, Science
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
