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Rising Seas : Miami, Florida by Kevin Blake.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Eco-disastersPublisher: New York, New York : Bearport Publishing, [2018]Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781684022281
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Rising seasDDC classification:
  • 363.34/9 23
LOC classification:
  • GC90.U5 B53 2018
Contents:
Water everywhere -- Changing wetlands -- A hotter planet -- Melting ice, rising seas -- Six directions -- Floods! -- Harming the Everglades -- A serious disease -- King tide -- Pumping the water out -- Building up -- Miami tomorrow -- Fixing the future.
Summary: "[This book] traces the tragic story of the causes of global warming, how this affects Miamia city built on porous limestone and how engineers are using pumps and other technologies to save the city from disaster. Photos of the actual events, maps, and fact boxes [complement] the text"--Amazon.com.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Main Main Jones Public Library J 363.34 BLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3370000076148
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Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Water everywhere -- Changing wetlands -- A hotter planet -- Melting ice, rising seas -- Six directions -- Floods! -- Harming the Everglades -- A serious disease -- King tide -- Pumping the water out -- Building up -- Miami tomorrow -- Fixing the future.

"[This book] traces the tragic story of the causes of global warming, how this affects Miamia city built on porous limestone and how engineers are using pumps and other technologies to save the city from disaster. Photos of the actual events, maps, and fact boxes [complement] the text"--Amazon.com.

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