Through the writings of the world's leading experts in their fields, this book, first published in 1993, presents the general state of knowledge regarding the effects of climatic change on sea level and their associated impacts. The evidence for past sea level changes and their possible climatic causes on both geological and secular time-scales are reviewed, as are methods for improving observations of sea level changes. These observations examine greenhouse gas concentrations as well as oceanic thermal expansion on Greenland and Antarctic glaciers and ice sheets. Projections of global mean temperature and sea level rise over the next century are made, emphasising the uncertainties involved. A particular area of study is the low-lying coastal regions and the possible effects of severe tropical storms and storm surges. Case studies of the Ganges-Brahmaputra and Mississippi deltas, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and the Norfolk coast of the UK, among others document the regional and local scale where issues relating to sea level, physical environment and socio-economic effects are paramount.
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This book considers the existence of past sea level change, examines the possible effects of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations on the future of climate and sea levels as well as severe tropical storms, and finally looks at the developed and developing world.
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Hong Kong, North Atlantic, West Antarctic, Royal Observatory, New York, North Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, United States, Delft Hydraulics, North America, South America, Cambridge University Press, North Point, Bay of Bengal, Buenos Aires, Mississippi River, Wadden Sea, Tai Po Kau, Ganges Tidal Floodplain, Monthly Weather Review, Mar del Plata, Chi Ma Wan, Department of Energy, National Academy Press, Tolo Harbour New!
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Change in climate and sea level is the rule, not the exception. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, North Atlantic, West Antarctic, Royal Observatory, New York, North Sea, Antarctic Peninsula, United States, Delft Hydraulics, North America, South America, Cambridge University Press, North Point, Bay of Bengal, Buenos Aires, Mississippi River, Wadden Sea, Tai Po Kau, Ganges Tidal Floodplain, Monthly Weather Review, Mar del Plata, Chi Ma Wan, Department of Energy, National Academy Press, Tolo Harbour New!
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- The Little Ice Age by Jean M. Grove on 4 pages
- The Indian Ocean (New True Books) by Susan Heinrichs Gray on 4 pages
- The Greenhouse Effect, Climatic Change, and Ecosystems by Bert Bolin on 4 pages
- Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments by Donal D. Hook on page 294, page 295, and page 298
- Dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (Glaciology and Quaternary Geology) by C.J. van der Veen on page 132, page 159, and page 160
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- Observing Global Climate Change by Kyrill Ya Kondratyev in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Climate Variations, Climate Change, and Water Resources Engineering by Jurgen Garbrecht on page 32, and page 33
- Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Subsidence: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies (Coastal Systems and Continental Margins (closed)) by J.D. Milliman on page 39
- Environmental Modelling (Computational Engineering Series) by P. Melli on page 285
- El Niño and the Southern Oscillation: Multiscale Variability and Global and Regional Impacts by Henry F. Diaz on page 180
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