The Water Will Come
Book description
By century's end, hundreds of millions of people will be retreating from the world's shores. Nuclear reactors will be decommissioned. The greatest cities in human history, abandoned. This is the story of our rising seas.
In a shocking cover story for Rolling Stone, Jeff Goodell predicted that within the lifetime…
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“Build back better” won’t be a long-term strategy for responding to sea-level rise, storm wave attack, shoreline erosion, and flooding. As the Earth continues to warm, the planet’s ice will continue to melt, and sea-level will rise in response.
I like the way Jeff Goodell brings the science of global warming together with the experiences and observations of coastal communities around the world to sound a clear alarm over not only what has already happened, but also what is most certainly going to come. Building back better in the same location won’t solve the problems we are increasingly facing. We…
From Gary's list on the crisis at the shoreline.
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