The attacking ocean : the past, present, and future of rising sea levels /: the past, present, and future of rising sea levels. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian Fagan.
• Authors: Fagan, Brian M
• Contents: Minus one hundred twenty-two meters and climbing -- Millennia of dramatic change. Doggerland ; Euxine and Ta-Mehu ; "Marduk laid a reed on the face of the waters" -- Catastrophic forces. "Men were swept away by waves" ; "The whole shoreline filled" ; "The abyss of the depths was uncovered" ; "The whole is now one festering mess" ; The Golden Waterway ; "Wave in the harbor" -- Challenging inundations. A right to subsistence ; The dilemma of islands ; "The crookedest river in the world" ; "Here the tide is rule, by the wind, the moon and us."
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 551.45/8; History; Ocean; Sea level; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; History -- General; Earth sciences; Sea level -- History; Ocean -- History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608196951
• Related ISBNs: 160819695X; 9781608196920; 1608196925
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.