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On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching waters. In coastal Louisiana, an area the size of a football field disappears every day. For these communities, sea level rise isn t a distant, abstract fear: it s happening now and it s threatening their way of life.
In The Rising Sea, Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young warn that many other coastal areas may be close behind. Prominent scientists predict that the oceans may rise by as much as seven feet in the next hundred years. That means coastal... On Shishmaref Island in Alaska, homes are being washed into the sea. In the South Pacific, small island nations face annihilation by encroaching water...
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130,99 zł |
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Global Climate Change: A Primer
ISBN: 9780822351092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands, Orrin H. Pilkey is one of the rare academics who engages in public advocacy about science-related issues. He has written dozens of books and articles explaining coastal processes to lay readers, and he is a frequent and outspoken interviewee in the mainstream media. Here, the colorful scientist takes on climate change deniers in an outstanding and much-needed primer on the science of global change and its effects.
After explaining the greenhouse effect, Pilkey, writing with son Keith, turns to the damage it is... An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands, Orrin H. Pilkey is one of the rare academics who engages in public advocacy ab...
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103,69 zł |
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The Magic Dolphin: A Young Human's Guide to Beaches, Sea Level Rise and Living with the Sea
ISBN: 9780999690338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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104,58 zł |
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Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
ISBN: 9780231168458 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, creating vast, irreversible pollution by decimating landfills and toxic-waste sites. This big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities and the drastic...
Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevation...
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86,93 zł |
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Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
ISBN: 9780231132138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models often yield answers that support unwise policies. Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Pilkey and Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind us to the hard data and sound judgment of...
Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and ...
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136,50 zł |
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The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Restless Ribbons of Sand
ISBN: 9780822322085 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands" is the latest volume in the series, "Living with the Shore." Replacing an earlier volume, this thoroughly new book provides a diverse guide to one of America's most popular shorelines. As is true for all books in the series, it is based on the premise that understanding the changing nature of beaches and barrier islands is essential if we are to preserve them for future generations.
Evidence that the North Carolina shore is changing is never hard to find, but recently the devastation wrought by Hurricane Fran and the perilous situation... "The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands" is the latest volume in the series, "Living with the Shore." Replacing an earlier volume, this thor...
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451,27 zł |
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Retreat from a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
ISBN: 9780231168441 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and will lay waste to critical infrastructure, such as water-treatment and energy facilities, creating vast, irreversible pollution by decimating landfills and toxic-waste sites. This big-picture, policy-oriented book explains in gripping terms what rising oceans will do to coastal cities and the drastic...
Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevation...
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130,50 zł |
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Global Climate Change: A Primer
ISBN: 9780822350958 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands, Orrin H. Pilkey is one of the rare academics who engages in public advocacy about science-related issues. He has written dozens of books and articles explaining coastal processes to lay readers, and he is a frequent and outspoken interviewee in the mainstream media. Here, the colorful scientist takes on climate change deniers in an outstanding and much-needed primer on the science of global change and its effects.
After explaining the greenhouse effect, Pilkey, writing with son Keith, turns to the damage it is... An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands, Orrin H. Pilkey is one of the rare academics who engages in public advocacy ab...
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409,77 zł |
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The World's Beaches
ISBN: 9780520268722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet s most dynamic environmentsfrom tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World s Beaches tells how beaches work, explains why they vary so much, and shows how dramatic changes can occur on them in a matter of hours. It discusses tides, waves, and wind; the patterns of dunes, washover fans, and wrack lines; and the shape of berms, bars, shell lags, cusps, ripples, and...
Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of ...
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163,80 zł |
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The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands: Restless Ribbons of Sand
ISBN: 9780822322245 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands" is the latest volume in the series, "Living with the Shore." Replacing an earlier volume, this thoroughly new book provides a diverse guide to one of America's most popular shorelines. As is true for all books in the series, it is based on the premise that understanding the changing nature of beaches and barrier islands is essential if we are to preserve them for future generations.
Evidence that the North Carolina shore is changing is never hard to find, but recently the devastation wrought by Hurricane Fran and the perilous situation... "The North Carolina Shore and Its Barrier Islands" is the latest volume in the series, "Living with the Shore." Replacing an earlier volume, this thor...
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119,25 zł |
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Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
ISBN: 9780231132121 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models often yield answers that support unwise policies. Writing for the general, nonmathematician reader and using examples from throughout the environmental sciences, Pilkey and Pilkey-Jarvis show how unquestioned faith in mathematical models can blind us to the hard data and sound judgment of...
Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and ...
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436,80 zł |
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Sea Level Rise: A Slow Tsunami on America's Shores
ISBN: 9781478006374 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Acknowledging the impending worldwide catastrophe of rising seas in the twenty-first century, Orrin H. Pilkey and Keith C. Pilkey outline the impacts on the United States' shoreline and argue that the only feasible response along much of the U.S. shoreline is an immediate and managed retreat.
Acknowledging the impending worldwide catastrophe of rising seas in the twenty-first century, Orrin H. Pilkey and Keith C. Pilkey outline the impacts ...
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103,69 zł |
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Sea Level Rise: A Slow Tsunami on America's Shores
ISBN: 9781478005063 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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430,52 zł |
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Lessons from the Sand: Family-Friendly Science Activities You Can Do on a Carolina Beach
ISBN: 9781469627373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Ever wonder where sand comes from? Or why shells are colored differently? Or how to estimate the size of a wave? Featuring more than forty fun hands-on activities for families with children, Lessons from the Sand reveals the science behind the amazing natural wonders found on the beaches of North Carolina and South Carolina. Easy-to-do experiments will help parents and kids discover the ways water, wind, sand, plants, animals, and people interact to shape the constantly changing beaches we love to visit.
Featuring colorful illustrations and clear instructions, most... Ever wonder where sand comes from? Or why shells are colored differently? Or how to estimate the size of a wave? Featuring more than forty fun hands-o...
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100,22 zł |
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Escaping Nature: How to Survive Global Climate Change
ISBN: 9781478020660 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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461,64 zł |
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Escaping Nature: How to Survive Global Climate Change
ISBN: 9781478025443 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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119,25 zł |
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The Last Beach
ISBN: 9780822357988 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and their grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat our irreplaceable shores. Combining case studies and anecdotes from around the world, they argue that many of the world's developed beaches, including some in Florida and in Spain, are virtually doomed and that we must act immediately to save imperiled beaches. After explaining beaches as...
The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper ...
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440,90 zł |
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The Last Beach
ISBN: 9780822358091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and their grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat our irreplaceable shores. Combining case studies and anecdotes from around the world, they argue that many of the world's developed beaches, including some in Florida and in Spain, are virtually doomed and that we must act immediately to save imperiled beaches. After explaining beaches as...
The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper ...
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103,69 zł |
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Atlantic Coast Beaches: A Guide to Ripples, Dunes, and Other Natural Features of the Seashore
ISBN: 9780878425341 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At first glance, the beach may appear to be an endless, flat, monotone landscape meant only for swimming, snoozing, or working on your tan. Upon closer inspection, though, the beach reveals that it has myriad treasures for the curious to locate, such as ephemeral beach ripples decorating the sand, traces of miniature organisms inscribed on dunes, and armored mudballs. Atlantic Coast beaches, from Maine to Florida, are full of amazing features formed by the interactions between tides, currents, bedrock, weather, beach critters, and much more. Written for a general audience, Atlantic Coast...
At first glance, the beach may appear to be an endless, flat, monotone landscape meant only for swimming, snoozing, or working on your tan. Upon close...
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87,15 zł |
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Living with the Puerto Rico Shore
ISBN: 9780822315902 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In this, the eighteenth title in Duke University Press's "Living With the Shore" series, the authors present a "user's guide" to the coastal zone of Puerto Rico. Presenting a geological appraisal of the history, dynamics, and hazards of the island's coastline, "Living With the Puerto Rico Shore" is the first in the series to examine a tropical region and the first to examine an area outside the continental United States.
The book provides detailed descriptions of the entire shoreline, noting the specific coastal hazards of each coastal reach. These hazards include coastal erosion, storm... In this, the eighteenth title in Duke University Press's "Living With the Shore" series, the authors present a "user's guide" to the coastal zone of P...
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103,69 zł |
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