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Sea Level Rising
William Sargent
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Description for Sea Level Rising
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434.
On April 16, 2007, an early spring storm broke through Cape Cod’s barrier beach. Overnight, the citizens of Chatham had to contend with as much sea level rise as most communities will face in the next fifty years. A dozen homes were swept away in as many months and, today, a new inlet is aimed at the heart of the village. Another hundred houses and the third most lucrative fishing port in New England will be endangered in the coming years. Bill Sargent tells the story of this seemingly microcosmic event, but it is not unique. Nearly 200 ... Read more
On April 16, 2007, an early spring storm broke through Cape Cod’s barrier beach. Overnight, the citizens of Chatham had to contend with as much sea level rise as most communities will face in the next fifty years. A dozen homes were swept away in as many months and, today, a new inlet is aimed at the heart of the village. Another hundred houses and the third most lucrative fishing port in New England will be endangered in the coming years. Bill Sargent tells the story of this seemingly microcosmic event, but it is not unique. Nearly 200 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764332616
SKU
V9780764332616
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Ref
99-2
About William Sargent
William Sargent is a consultant for the “NOVA” science series on public television and has written eight extensively on science and environment. He was a research assistant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and past director of the Baltimore Aquarium. He has taught marine biology at the Briarwood Center and science writing at Harvard University.
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