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| Author | : John Noye |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 315 |
| Release | : 2001-01-19 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9814495611 |
This book contains updated, reviewed versions of some selected papers on “Sea-Level Changes and their Effects” presented at the International Ocean and Atmosphere Pacific Conference (OAP 95), held in Adelaide, South Australia, 23-27 October 1995. In addition several reviewed articles on important topics not covered by the papers presented at OAP 95 were invited. The articles in this volume will find an audience among coastal developers, marine biologists and environmentalists. They cover a range of topics including the efforts of long-term sea-level rise on coastal flows and its impact on mangrove communities, the determination of long-term sea-level change relative to the vertical motion of the land, to the numerical modelling of short term sea-level changes due to tides, tsunamis and the weather.
| Author | : John E. Hay |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 116 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Climatic changes |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : E. Lisitzin |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 1974-01-01 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0080870449 |
| Author | : Patrick D. Nunn |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 2007-10-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0080548210 |
The nature of global change in the Pacific Basin is poorly known compared to other parts of the world. Climate, Environment, and Society in the Pacific during the Last Millennium describes the climate changes that occurred in the Pacific during the last millennium and discusses how these changes controlled the broad evolution of human societies, typically filtered by the effects of changing sea level and storminess on food availability and interaction. Covering the entire period since AD 750 in the Pacific, this book describes the influences of climate change on environments and societies during the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, focusing on the 100-year transition between these – a period of rapid change known as the AD 1300 Event.* Discusses the societal effects of climate and sea-level change, as well as the evidence for externally-driven societal change* Synthsizes how climate change has driven environmental change and societal change in the Pacific Basin* Contains a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the evidence for climate, environmental, and societal change, supported by a full list of references
| Author | : K.O. Emery |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1461391016 |
Changes in sea level caused by global warming can be disastrous to modern civilization. Therefore, it is important to use accurate and reliable methods to monitor any change. During this century, and, in particular, the last three decades, tide-gauge records have been used to show these changes related to the world's oceans. Aubrey and Emery suggest, however, that tidal gauges should not be used unquestioningly as a benchmark for measuring eustatic sea-level changes. Tectonism, subsidence, ocean current variability, and human activity can, and do, affect the accuracy of these records. Understanding the reasons for changes in land and sea levels is essential for the proper development of coastal regions. The results of this study provide guiding data for scientific, engineering, and policy solutions to coastal flooding. Determining the true causes of relative subsidence, and how to use geological and oceanological controls, will allow us to exist within our natural environment, rather than force nature to conform to our legal and temporary 'remedies.'
| Author | : Hunt Janin |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2012-10-09 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1476600201 |
The fundamental point of this book is that, in the past, the world's political, economic, military and social development took place during a time of relatively stable sea level. That time, however, is now over: The world must begin to cope with rising seas. This book is a wide-ranging introductory survey. It addresses global warming, the hydrologic cycle, why we should care about the rise of the oceans, storm surges and other extreme events, the changing seas and their shorelines, cities and countries of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ocean basins, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet, case studies on how the Netherlands and the U.S. plan to cope with sea level rise, the likely impacts of this rise, getting to know the experts on sea level rise, and very long term prospects for the world's shorelines.
| Author | : Patrick D. Nunn |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 1999-06-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Talk of the human-enhanced greenhouse effect and the ways in which it may affect our lives has made many people more aware of environmental change. We have come to realize that the environment is and has always bean in a state of continuous change, and that we and other organisms have had to adjust our lifestyles accordingly. This book focuses on the Pacific Basin, a vast region which can be considered a microcosm of the entire surface of the Earth and which has suffered from being marginalized in most accounts of Earth-surface processes and phenomena. In this book, the Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Ocean and Islands and also the Pacific Rim which is divided into the subregions of Antarctica, South America, Central America, North America, Beringia, East Asia and Australasia. Professor Nunn begins by outlining the distant origins of the modern Pacific Basin more than 1000 million years ago, then traces its development through the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic into the Cenozoic Era. For this time the last 66 million years - the history of environmental change becomes progressively better known. For the last 1.8 million years (the Quaternary period), the Earth s climate has oscillated between warm and cool, producing synchronous environmental changes throughout most of the Pacific Basin. The importance of volcanism and tectonics (land-level movements) for which the Pacific Basin is well known as causes of environmental change is explained in detail. The effects of human activities on most Pacific Basin environments began to be registered only during the Holocene the last 12 000 years culminating in the environmental crisis which currently afflicts many parts of this region. While the role of humans in altering Pacific Basin environments is discussed in detail, considerable attention is also given to the ways in which environmental change caused changes to human lifestyles which had far-reaching consequences.
| Author | : Curt D. Storlazzi |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 121 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Climatic changes |
| ISBN | : |
The objective of this study is to (1) provide basic understanding and specific information on storm, ocean surface wave-induced inundation of atoll islets that house Department of Defense (DoD) installations and (2) assess the resulting impact of sea-level rise and storm-wave inundation on infrastructure and freshwater availability under a variety of conditions based on historic information, sea-level rise scenarios, and global climate model (GCM) wind, wave, and precipitation output. Products will include information on the timing, frequency, and spatial impact of such events at present and in the future. Tipping points, or those times at which the impact of infrequent events becomes cumulative and therefore more damaging, also will be defined. This information is needed to develop climate-change adaptation plans for DoD infrastructure and associated water resources, as well as to develop adequate response strategies by providing the range of parameters under which infrastructure and freshwater supplies may realistically be threatened from sea-level rise and storm-induced inundation. This investigation will be focused on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. This four-year study is designed to provide new understanding of how atoll islets may be affected by plausible rises in regional sea level and climate change. Such information will have broad application to atolls worldwide. One direct application will be critical information about DoD-managed atolls, both active (e.g., Kwajalein, Wake, Diego Garcia) and decommissioned (e.g., Midway, Johnston) that are most vulnerable to sea-level rise and climate change impacts over the next 100 years. This will provide the understanding needed to prioritize funding for response efforts and/or further research (e.g., impacts to threatened and endangered species). Additionally, this study will provide new understanding of the impact of climate change on atoll systems and its potential for geopolitical consequences caused by the need to possibly relocate atoll island-states throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
| Author | : Bruce Douglas |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 2000-10-05 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0080516793 |
Sea Level Rise, History and Consequences includes a special emphasis on the evidence for historical sea level change; case studies are used to demonstrate the resulting consequences. A CD-ROM is included which contain tide gauge data and trends of relative sea level from the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level. The material on the CD-ROM is either in the form of text files, or web sites that can be opened by widely available web-browsers.Sea level is expected to rise as much as 60-100 centimeters over the next century due to greenhouse-induced global warming -- or at least that is what the some scientists predict. However, the concept of sea level is extremely complex, which makes the prediction of sea level rise anything but certain. The reviewers are in consensus in enthusiastically endorsing this comprehensive book and CD-ROM treatment. This book will be a comprehensive review of the subject using the data themselves (on CD-ROM) to illustrate the principles involved, rather than detailed mathematical treatments. The book should be readily accessible to upper division and first-year graduate students in the environmental sciences, geography, geology, and other interdisciplinary fields. Four pages (up to 16 pages) of color in the printed text.The book will have wide appeal. It will be read by geologists, geophysicists, climatologists, oceanographers, meteorologists, environmental scientists, geomorphologists, coastal engineers, and policy makers in all of these fields.
