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Useless Arithmetic
Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
Inbunden, 2007
1033 kr
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Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models …
Useless Arithmetic
Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
Häftad, 2009
264 kr
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Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models …
Retreat from a Rising Sea
Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1033 kr
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Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and …
Retreat from a Rising Sea
Hard Choices in an Age of Climate Change
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
264 kr
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Melting ice sheets and warming oceans are causing the seas to rise. By the end of this century, hundreds of millions of people living at low elevations along coasts will be forced to retreat to higher and safer ground. Because of sea-level rise, major storms will inundate areas farther inland and …
Useless Arithmetic
Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Linda Pilkey-Jarvis
E-bok, 2007
398 kr
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Noted coastal geologist Orrin Pilkey and environmental scientist Linda Pilkey-Jarvis show that the quantitative mathematical models policy makers and government administrators use to form environmental policies are seriously flawed. Based on unrealistic and sometimes false assumptions, these models …
World's Beaches
A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, William J. Neal m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
306 kr
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Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet's most dynamic environments - from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. "The World's …
World's Beaches
A Global Guide to the Science of the Shoreline
Av Joseph T. Kelley, James Andrew Graham Cooper m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
520 kr
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Take this book to the beach; it will open up a whole new world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, maps, and graphics, it explores one of the planet’s most dynamic environments—from tourist beaches to Arctic beaches strewn with ice chunks to steaming hot tropical shores. The World’s …
Beaches Are Moving
The Drowning of America's Shoreline
Av Wallace Kaufman, Orrin H. Pilkey
Häftad, 1984
563 kr
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Our beaches are eroding, sinking, washing out right under our houses, hotels, bridges; vacation dreamlands become nightmare scenes of futile revetments, fills, groins, what have you-all thrown up in a frantic defense against the natural system. The romantic desire to live on the seashore is in …
Living with Florida's Atlantic Beaches
Coastal Hazards from Amelia Island to Key West
Av David M. Bush, William J. Neal m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
440 kr
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From Amelia Island just south of Georgia to Key West's southern tip, beaches are one of Florida's greatest assets. Yet these beaches are in danger: rapid structural development on a highly erodible coast make them vulnerable to some of nature's greatest storms. The same development that has been …
Global Climate Change
A Primer
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Keith C. Pilkey
Häftad, 2011
384 kr
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An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands, Orrin H. Pilkey is one of the rare academics who engages in public advocacy about science-related issues. He has written dozens of books and articles explaining coastal processes to lay readers, and he is a frequent and …
Last Beach
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, J. Andrew G. Cooper
Inbunden, 2014
1290 kr
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The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world's beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and their grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat …
Last Beach
Av J. Andrew G. Cooper, Orrin H. Pilkey
E-bok, 2014
407 kr
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The Last Beach is an urgent call to save the world''s beaches while there is still time. The geologists Orrin H. Pilkey and J. Andrew G. Cooper sound the alarm in this frank assessment of our current relationship with beaches and their grim future if we do not change the way we understand and treat …
Beaches Are Moving
The Drowning of America''s Shoreline
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Wallace Kaufman
E-bok, 1984
552 kr
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Our beaches are eroding, sinking, washing out right under our houses, hotels, bridges; vacation dreamlands become nightmare scenes of futile revetments, fills, groins, what have you—all thrown up in a frantic defense against the natural system. The romantic desire to live on the seashore is in …
Global Climate Change
A Primer
Av Mary Edna Fraser, Keith C. Pilkey m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
407 kr
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An internationally recognized expert on the geology of barrier islands, Orrin H. Pilkey is one of the rare academics who engages in public advocacy about science-related issues. He has written dozens of books and articles explaining coastal processes to lay readers, and he is a frequent and …
Atlantic Coast Beaches: A Guide to Ripples, Dunes, and Other Natural Features of the Seashore
Av William J. Neal, Orrin H. Pilkey
Häftad, 2007
258 kr
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How to Read a North Carolina Beach
Bubble Holes, Barking Sands, and Rippled Runnels
Av William J. Neal, Tracy Monegan Rice m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
173 kr
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Take a walk on the beach with three coastal experts who reveal the secrets and the science of the North Carolina shoreline. What makes sea foam? What are those tiny sand volcanoes along the waterline? You''ll find the answers to these questions and dozens more in this comprehensive field guide to …
Lessons from the Sand
Family-Friendly Science Activities You Can Do on a Carolina Beach
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Charles O. Pilkey
E-bok, 2016
208 kr
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Ever wonder where sand comes from? Or why shells are colored differently? Or how to estimate the size of a wave? Featuring more than forty fun hands-on activities for families with children, Lessons from the Sand reveals the science behind the amazing natural wonders found on the beaches of North …
Sea Level Rise
A Slow Tsunami on America's Shores
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Keith C. Pilkey
Inbunden, 2019
1611 kr
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The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic waste sites, and oil production facilities will …
Sea Level Rise
A Slow Tsunami on America''s Shores
Av Keith C. Pilkey, Orrin H. Pilkey
E-bok, 2019
652 kr
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The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic waste sites, and oil production facilities will …
Sea Level Rise
A Slow Tsunami on America's Shores
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Keith C. Pilkey
Häftad, 2019
384 kr
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The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic waste sites, and oil production facilities will …
Vanishing Sands
Losing Beaches to Mining
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1123 kr
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In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world’s sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and dunes, …
Vanishing Sands
Losing Beaches to Mining
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Norma J. Longo m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
286 kr
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In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world’s sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and dunes, …
Escaping Nature
How to Survive Global Climate Change
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Charles O. Pilkey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1207 kr
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Industrial and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly warming Earth’s climate, unleashing rising seas, ocean acidification, melting permafrost, powerful storms, wildfires, floods, deadly heat waves, droughts, tsunamis, food shortages, and armed conflict over shrinking water supplies …
Vanishing Sands
Losing Beaches to Mining
Av Hannah L. Hayes, Keith C. Pilkey m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
411 kr
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In a time of accelerating sea level rise and increasingly intensifying storms, the world’s sandy beaches and dunes have never been more crucial to protecting coastal environments. Yet, in order to meet the demands of large-scale construction projects, sand mining is stripping beaches and dunes, …
Escaping Nature
How to Survive Global Climate Change
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Charles O. Pilkey m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
314 kr
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Industrial and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly warming Earth’s climate, unleashing rising seas, ocean acidification, melting permafrost, powerful storms, wildfires, floods, deadly heat waves, droughts, tsunamis, food shortages, and armed conflict over shrinking water supplies …
Escaping Nature
How to Survive Global Climate Change
Av Hannah L. Hayes, Fred B. Dodson m. fl.
E-bok, 2024
472 kr
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Industrial and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly warming Earth’s climate, unleashing rising seas, ocean acidification, melting permafrost, powerful storms, wildfires, floods, deadly heat waves, droughts, tsunamis, food shortages, and armed conflict over shrinking water supplies …
Rising Sea
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, Rob Young
Inbunden, 2009
306 kr
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This is the authoritative book on sea level rise and its coastal consequences. On Shismaref 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 …
Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization
Selected Case Studies
Av J. Andrew G. Cooper, Orrin H. Pilkey
Inbunden, 2012
1639 kr
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At the coast all is not what it seems. Decades of beachfront development have seen a variety of efforts to stabilize the shoreline to protect ill-placed beachfront property, both from shoreline erosion and from storm damage. Both of these problems become increasingly critical in a time of rising …
Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization
Selected Case Studies
Av Orrin H. Pilkey, J. Andrew G. Cooper
E-bok, 2012
1622 kr
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At the coast all is not what it seems. Decades of beachfront development have seen a variety of efforts to stabilize the shoreline to protect ill-placed beachfront property, both from shoreline erosion and from storm damage. Both of these problems become increasingly critical in a time of rising …
Pitfalls of Shoreline Stabilization
Selected Case Studies
Av J. Andrew G. Cooper, Orrin H. Pilkey
Häftad, 2014
1204 kr
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At the coast all is not what it seems. Decades of beachfront development have seen a variety of efforts to stabilize the shoreline to protect ill-placed beachfront property, both from shoreline erosion and from storm damage. Both of these problems become increasingly critical in a time of rising …