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The Flooded Earth

Our Future In a World Without Ice Caps

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By Peter D. Ward

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Aug 7, 2012
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-13
9780465029051

Sea level rise will happen no matter what we do. Even if we stopped all carbon dioxide emissions today, the seas would rise one meter by 2050 and three meters by 2100. This — not drought, species extinction, or excessive heat waves — will be the most catastrophic effect of global warming. And it won’t simply redraw our coastlines — agriculture, electrical and fiber optic systems, and shipping will be changed forever. As icebound regions melt, new sources of oil, gas, minerals, and arable land will be revealed, as will fierce geopolitical battles over who owns the rights to them.

In The Flooded Earth, species extinction expert Peter Ward describes in intricate detail what our world will look like in 2050, 2100, 2300, and beyond — a blueprint for a foreseeable future. Ward also explains what politicians and policymakers around the world should be doing now to head off the worst consequences of an inevitable transformation.

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Peter D. Ward

About the Author

Peter D. Ward is a Professor of Biology and Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. He also serves as an astrobiologist with NASA. Ward is the author of more than a dozen books, including the highly acclaimed Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe with Donald Brownlee and Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere. He appeared in the PBS documentary “Shape of Life” and was the chief scientist for Animal Planet’s Animal Armageddon, a multi-part series on animal extinction. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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