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1 online resource (321 p.) |
Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORDS -- INTRODUCTION -- ARCTIC OCEAN -- Greenland -- Sarichef Island -- ATLANTIC OCEAN -- Lennox Island -- Deal Island -- Republic of Cabo Verde -- Bissagos Islands -- Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe -- INDIAN OCEAN AND PERSIAN GULF -- Kingdom of Bahrain -- Union of the Comoros -- Republic of Mauritius -- Republic of Seychelles -- Republic of Maldives -- Bhasan Char and Sandwip -- Republic of Singapore -- PACIFIC OCEAN -- South China Sea Islands -- Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands -- Guåhan -- Republic of Palau -- Federated States of Micronesia -- Republic of Marshall Islands -- Republic of Kiribati -- Republic of Nauru -- Republic of Vanuatu -- Solomon Islands -- Independent State of Papua New Guinea -- Republic of Fiji -- Tuvalu -- Tokelau -- Independent State of Samoa -- Niue -- Cook Islands -- Kingdom of Tonga -- CARIBBEAN SEA AND GULF OF MEXICO -- Bonaire -- Republic of Trinidad and Tobago -- Grenada -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Barbados -- Saint Lucia -- Martinique -- Commonwealth of Dominica -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico -- Dominican Republic -- Haiti -- Jamaica -- Republic of Cuba -- Commonwealth of The Bahamas -- Isle de Jean Charles -- ANTARCTIC OCEAN -- Pine Island -- GLOSSARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- MAP CITATIONS -- WORKS CITED -- CREDITS |
Summary |
""A stunning atlas of the present and future.""--Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of Atlases--San Francisco, New Orleans, New York ""An impassioned plea to save what remains of these remarkable island communities.""--Booklist, starred review One of the Best Science Books of 2023, New Scientist This immersiv |
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art |
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atlas with solutions |
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cartography |
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creative nonfiction |
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environmental history |
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fighting against climate change |
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humanities approach |
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island nations |
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native voices |
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new geography |
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ocean rise |
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poetry |
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rebecca solnit |
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social justice |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
Subject |
Islands -- Environmental aspects -- 21st century
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Climatic changes -- 21st century
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Islands -- History -- 21st century
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Sea level -- History -- 21st century
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Climatic changes -- History -- 21st century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
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Climatic changes
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Islands
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Islands -- Environmental aspects
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Sea level
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Genre/Form |
World atlases
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History
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World atlases.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780520973213 |
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0520973216 |
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