| Details | | Publication Date: | 1991-06-01 |
Industry Reviews During this century, tide-gauge records have been used extensively to monitor the gradual rise of sea level due to Holocene climate warming, and more recently, the acceleration caused by industrialization. However, just as many stations report the sea falling as report it rising. Two scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute explain how the rise and fall of land, changing ocean currents, and human activity can distort the readings. They present data for engineers, scientists, and policy-makers to more accurately assess the situation, and suggest how to work with nature cycles rather than build or legislate against them. Highly illustrated with maps and charts. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. SciTech Book News
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