The Rising Sea

by Orrin H. Pilkey and Rob Young

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610910044
• ISBN13: 9781610910040
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"