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Against the Seas - Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters (Paperback)
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Against the Seas - Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters (Paperback)
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An incredible read.… While unflinching in her analysis,
Soderstrom nevertheless gifts us with a message of hope and
resilience. — MAUDE BARLOW, activist and author of Still Hopeful:
Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism. What can we learn about coping
with rising sea levels from ancient times? The scenario we are
facing is scary: within a few decades, sea levels around the world
may well rise by a metre or more as glaciers and ice caps melt due
to climate change. Large parts of our coastal cities will be
flooded, the basic outline of our world will be changed, and
torrential rains will present their own challenges. But this is not
the first time that people have had to cope with threatening
waters, because sea levels have been rising for thousands of years,
ever since the end of the last Ice Age. Stories told by the
Indigenous people in Australia and on the Pacific coast of North
America, and those found in the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh, as
well as Roman and Chinese histories all bear witness to just how
traumatic these experiences were. The responses to these challenges
varied: people adapted by building dikes, canals, and seawalls; by
resorting to prayer or magic; and, very often, by moving out of the
way of the rushing waters. Against the Seas explores these stories
as well as the various measures being taken today to combat rising
waters, focusing on five regions: Indonesia, Shanghai, the
Sundarbans of Bangladesh, the Salish Sea, and the estuary of the
St. Lawrence River. What happened in the past and what is being
tried today may help us in the future and, if nothing else, give us
hope that we will survive.
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Imprint: |
Dundurn Group
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Authors: |
Mary Soderstrom
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4597-5048-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4597-5048-9 |
Barcode: |
9781459750487 |
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