We Live in the Water: Climate, Aging, and Socioecology on Smith Island

By: Kopelent Rehak, Jana

A captivating story of environmental crisis and community on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Island environments are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of rapidly rising waters, accelerating ecological crisis. While we often think of this environmental reality in terms of the Global North and South, Alaska, or Micronesian or Indian nations, the devastating effects of a changing climate are also found on islands in the mid-Atlantic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421448424
• ISBN13: 9781421448428
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary