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Author Gerhardt, Christina

Title Sea Change An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2023

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Description 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
Analysis art
atlas with solutions
cartography
creative nonfiction
environmental history
fighting against climate change
humanities approach
island nations
native voices
new geography
ocean rise
poetry
rebecca solnit
social justice
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Islands -- Environmental aspects -- 21st century
Climatic changes -- 21st century
Islands -- History -- 21st century
Sea level -- History -- 21st century
Climatic changes -- History -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography.
Climatic changes
Islands
Islands -- Environmental aspects
Sea level
Genre/Form World atlases
History
World atlases.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520973213
0520973216