Sea Level Rise in Florida: Science, Impacts, and Options - Tapa dura

Hine, Albert C.; Chambers, Don P.; Clayton, Tonya D.

 
9780813062891: Sea Level Rise in Florida: Science, Impacts, and Options
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ISBN 10: 0813062896 ISBN 13: 9780813062891
Editorial: University Press of Florida, 2016

Sinopsis

Sea levels are rising―globally and in Florida. Climatologists, geologists, oceanographers, and the overwhelming majority of the scientific community expect a continuation of this trend for centuries to come. While Florida’s natural history indicates that there is nothing new about the changing elevation of the sea, what is new―and alarming―is the combination of the rising seas and the ever-growing, immobile human infrastructure near the coasts: high-rise condos, suburban developments, tourist meccas, and international metropolises.

The stakes are particularly high in Florida, where much of the landscape is already topographically low and underlain by permeable limestone. Modern-day sea-level rise poses unprecedented challenges for sustainability, urban planning, and political action.

Sea Level Rise in Florida offers an in-depth examination of the rise and fall of sea levels in the past and the science behind the current data, both measured and projected. The authors also discuss ongoing and potential consequences for natural marine and coastal systems and how we can begin to plan strategically for the inevitable changes.

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Albert C. Hine, professor of geological oceanography in the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida, USA is the author of A Geological History of Florida.

Don P. Chambers is associate professor of physical oceanography in the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida, USA.

Tonya D. Clayton is the author of How to Read a Florida Gulf Coast Beach.

Mark R. Hafen is a senior instructor in the Department of Geography and assistant director of the School of Public Affairs at the University of South Florida, USA.

Gary T. Mitchum is the associate dean for research for the College of Marine Science and professor of physical oceanography at the University of South Florida, USA as well as former director of the University of Hawaii Sea Level Center.

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Editorial
University Press of Florida
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0813062896
ISBN 13 
9780813062891
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
176
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