Rising Sea

Orrin H. Pilkey is James B. Duke Professor of Geology Emeritus in the Nicholas School of the Environment 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.

"Sea level rise is a lurking dragon. Experts chart its pulse nervously, but speak quietly. Pilkey and Young pierce this reticence, telling a story that the public must understand—or the dragon may burst out of humanity's control."---Dr. James E. Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

• 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