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Author:

Conklin, Christina, author.

Title:

The atlas of disappearing places : our coasts and oceans in the climate crisis / Christina Conklin and Marina Psaros ; maps and illustrations by Christina Conklin.

Publisher:

The New Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xv, 220 pages : illustrations (color) ; 26 cm

Subject:

Sea level.
Ocean temperature.
Coastal ecosystem health.
Coast changes.
Marine ecosystem health.
Marine pollution.

Other Authors:

Psaros, Marina, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Part I: Changing chemistry -- Kure Atoll, Hawai'i: plastic, plastic everywhere -- The Arabian Sea: regime shift -- Camden, Maine: salt, fat, acid, (no) meat -- The Cook Islands: feeding the fever -- San Francisco Bay: seven-layer dip -- Part II: Strengthening storms -- Houston: we have a problem -- Hamburg, Germany: river city at risk -- New York, New York: capital of capital -- San Juan, Puerto Rico: Poder, Despacito -- Kutupalong Camp, Bangladesh: human tides -- Part III: Warming waters -- The Arctic Ocean: when the ice melts -- Pisco, Peru: Enso and the end of fish -- The North Atlantic: in deep -- Kisite, Kenya: coral collapse -- Pine Island Glacier: what happens in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica -- Part IV: Rising seas -- Shanghai, China: sink, sank, sunk -- Hampton Roads, Virginia: bye, bye, birdies -- Ben Tre, Vietnam: doing more with less -- The Thames Estuary, Britain: from Gravesend to Allhallows -- Ise, Japan: tradition for the future -- What's next? -- TowardGtransilience

Summary:

"A heavily illustrated book and narrative about the threat of rising sea levels around the world"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1620974568
9781620974568

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1198088042

LCCN:

2020041259

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

VCPD034 -- Robey Memorial Library-Waukon (Waukon)