The rising tide: Global warming and world sea levels

Book · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6636563

Edgerton, L T

The author presents a broad-based and well-written approach to the impacts of sea level rise. Besides chapters on global warming, sources of sea level variability and the future, the effects on coastal nations, the book contains an important action-oriented discussion of proposed legislation and guidelines for planning and management aimed at reducing loss and damage produced by sea-level rise. The list of acknowledgements includes all the leading practitioners in the field. The references and information are current; reports and information from 1989 and 1990 meetings are included.

• OSTI ID: 6636563
• Resource Relation: Other Information: From review by Norbert P. Psuty, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ, in BioScience, Vol 43, No. 3 (March 1993)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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