Against the Seas
Saving Civilizations from Rising Waters
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Mary Soderstrom- Similar to Elizabeth Rush's Rising, explores stories of rising sea levels
- Humankind has been coping with rising sea levels since end of the Ice Age, when melting glaciers drastically changed coastlines and landscapes — what can modern humans learn from our distant ancestors?
- A hopeful climate change narrative based on research into how regions across the world are coping with rising sea levels and offering a rainbow of hope in how humans coped in ancient times
- In particular, discusses challenges and solutions to rising seal levels in the following regions: lower St. Lawrence; Bay of Fundy; Jakarta, Indonesia; Shanghai; the Sundarbans; and the Salish Sea area
- Author has written 18 works of both fiction and non-fiction; most recently, Concrete: From Ancient Origins to a Problematic Future (2020)
Publication
2023
Pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Dundurn Press
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