Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor of Geology Emeritus at Duke University, author of The Corps and the Shore, and editor of the twenty-volume series Living with the Shore. Rob Young is the director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines and professor of Geosciences at Western Carolina University.

• Preface Chapter 1  Living on the EdgeChapter 2. Why the Sea Is RisingChapter 3. Predicting the UnpredictableChapter 4. The 800-pound GorillasChapter 5. A Sea of DenialChapter 6. The Living CoastsChapter 7. People and the Rising SeaChapter 8. Ground Zero: The Mississippi DeltaChapter 9. Sounding Retreat ReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex

Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor of Geology Emeritus at Duke University, author of The Corps and the Shore, and editor of the twenty-volume series Living with the Shore. Rob Young is the director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines and professor of Geosciences at Western Carolina University.

• Preface Chapter 1  Living on the EdgeChapter 2. Why the Sea Is RisingChapter 3. Predicting the UnpredictableChapter 4. The 800-pound GorillasChapter 5. A Sea of DenialChapter 6. The Living CoastsChapter 7. People and the Rising SeaChapter 8. Ground Zero: The Mississippi DeltaChapter 9. Sounding Retreat ReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex

Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor of Geology Emeritus at Duke University, author of The Corps and the Shore, and editor of the twenty-volume series Living with the Shore. Rob Young is the director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines and professor of Geosciences at Western Carolina University.

• Preface Chapter 1  Living on the EdgeChapter 2. Why the Sea Is RisingChapter 3. Predicting the UnpredictableChapter 4. The 800-pound GorillasChapter 5. A Sea of DenialChapter 6. The Living CoastsChapter 7. People and the Rising SeaChapter 8. Ground Zero: The Mississippi DeltaChapter 9. Sounding Retreat ReferencesAcknowledgmentsIndex