The rising sea
On Shismaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. For these communities, sea level rise isn't a distant, abstract fear: it's happening now and it's threatening their way of life. This title warns that many other coastal areas may be close behind.
xiv, 203 s. : illustrations
9781597261913, 1597261912
938738676
Living on the edge
Why the sea is rising
Predicting the unpredictable
The 800-pound gorillas
A sea of denial
The living coasts
People and the rising sea
Ground zero : the Mississippi Delta
Sounding retreat