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sea-level rise

Can geoengineering halt sea-level rise?

New study finds that extreme approaches work best, but come with risks

Working with water

Nations threatened by sea level rise are starting to look at how they can work with nature to defend their coastlines.

Hot, flat, crowded—and preparing for the worst

In a clarion call to other developing nations, Bangladesh is girding itself against the hazards of a warmer world

Bangladesh set to disappear under the waves?

Reporters keep repeating that an eminent climate scientist said Bangladesh will go underwater this century, but it’s only half true.

Where warming hits hard

Twenty million people living in Bangladesh’s coastal zone are under threat from climate change

Sea Level Rise Won’t Be a “Hollywood Cataclysm”

Scientists are starting to get a handle on the worst-case scenario for sea-level rise this century

bookshelf

books I've read on failure & grace

The World Without Us
The Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man
Zeitoun
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
Hell and High Water: Global Warming--the Solution and the Politics--and What We Should Do
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
The Tipping Point
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization
Out of Poverty: What Works When Traditional Approaches Fail
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850
Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff
Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World


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