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THE WATER WILL COME - JEFF GOODELL KARTONIERT (TB)

An eye-opening and essential tour of the vanishing world in the age of climate change and
rising tides.    What if Atlantis wasn' t a myth  but an early precursor to a new age of
great flooding? Across the globe  scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising
sea levels  and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live 
from our most vibrant  historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With
each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica  and each tick upwards of
Earth' s thermometer  we are moving closer to the brink of broad disaster.   By century'
s end  hundreds of millions of people will be retreating from the world' s shores as our
coasts become inundated and our landscapes transformed. From island nations to the world' s
major cities  coastal regions will disappear. Engineering projects to hold back the water are
bold and may buy some time. Yet despite international efforts and tireless research  there is
no permanent solution-no barriers to erect or walls to build-that will protect us in the end
from the drowning of the world as we know it.   The Water Will Come  is the definitive account
of the coming water  why and how this will happen  and what it will all mean. As he travels
across twelve countries and reports from the front lines  acclaimed journalist Jeff Goodell
employs fact  science  and first-person  on-the-ground journalism to show vivid scenes from
what already is becoming a water world.   “An immersive  mildly gonzo and depressingly
well-timed book about the drenching effects of global warming  and a powerful reminder that we
can bury our heads in the sand about climate change for only so long before the sand itself
disappears.” —Jennifer Senior   New York Times

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