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Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What can we learn about coping with rising sea levels from ancient times? The scenario we are facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world may well rise by a metre or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due to climate change. Large parts of our coastal cities will be flooded, the basic outline of our world will be changed, and torrential rains will present their own challenges. But this is not the first time that people have...
Author
Publisher
Bold Type Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Miami, Florida, is likely to be entirely underwater by the end of this century. Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world. In Disposable City, Miami resident Mario Alejandro Ariza shows us not only what climate change looks like on the ground today, but also what Miami...
10) Saylorville Lake flood control project, Des Moines River, Iowa: final environmental impact statement
Publisher
[The District]
Pub. Date
[1974?]
Language
English
17) The great flood of 1993 post-flood report: upper Mississippi River and lower Missouri River basins
Publisher
US Army Corps of Engineers, North Central Division
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Series
House document volume no. 96-146
Publisher
[Dept. of the Army, Corps of Engineers]
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
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