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THE WATER WILL COME - JEFF GOODELL KARTONIERT (TB)

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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