This book explores sea-level change on timescales from hours to centuries, its processes and its measurement techniques, for graduate students, researchers and

This volume proposes to provide a concise, simple, well-illustrated book that explains past sea rise events, what scientists know about the present and future s

Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for-and in many cases is already affecting-a broad range of huma

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

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