Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2
Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2

Author: Jean-Paul Bravard

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-05-21

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1786303841

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The great deltas of the globe have been threatened for several decades but their decline now appears to be inevitable; they are receding and losing the fertility that supports their tens of millions of inhabitants. Our deltas are victims of the dramatic deterioration in the volume of continental sediment brought by rivers to the oceans. By nature, deltas are fragile eco- and geological organisms. For centuries, they have been subject to human actions in the Mediterranean and European world, and today a deep crisis is affecting the great tropical deltas. A chapter is also devoted to concerns facing the Mississippi, an “aging delta of the new world”. Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2 discusses possible strategies to protect the deltas of the world – or at least adapt them and their dependencies to the changes they face. Several models are possible, including comprehensive protection (such as in the Netherlands) and cautious and respectful opening to the forces of the oceans in an environment-first perspective.

Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 1
Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 1

Author: Jean-Paul Bravard

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-05-21

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1786303833

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The Earth’s oceans are currently undergoing unprecedented changes: rivers have suffered a severe reduction in their sediment transport, and as a result, sediment input to the oceans has dropped lower than ever before. These inputs have varied over millennia as a result of both natural occurrences and human actions, such as the building of dams and the extraction of materials from riverbeds. Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 1 examines how river basins have been affected by the sedimentary crises of various historical epochs. By studying global balances, it provides insights into the profound disruption of the solid transport of fluvial bodies. The book also explores studies of various rivers, from the Amazon, which remains relatively unaffected, to dying rivers such as the Colorado and the Nile.

Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2
Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2

Author: Jean-Paul Bravard

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2019-03-07

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1119597617

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The great deltas of the globe have been threatened for several decades but their decline now appears to be inevitable; they are receding and losing the fertility that supports their tens of millions of inhabitants. Our deltas are victims of the dramatic deterioration in the volume of continental sediment brought by rivers to the oceans. By nature, deltas are fragile eco- and geological organisms. For centuries, they have been subject to human actions in the Mediterranean and European world, and today a deep crisis is affecting the great tropical deltas. A chapter is also devoted to concerns facing the Mississippi, an “aging delta of the new world”. Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2 discusses possible strategies to protect the deltas of the world – or at least adapt them and their dependencies to the changes they face. Several models are possible, including comprehensive protection (such as in the Netherlands) and cautious and respectful opening to the forces of the oceans in an environment-first perspective.

Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands
Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands

Author: Paul F. Hudson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-11-25

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 0521768608

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Examines interrelations between flood management, flooding, and environmental change, for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners.

Devonian of the World: Sedimentation
Devonian of the World: Sedimentation

Author: N. J. McMillan

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 692

ISBN-13:

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The three volumes, " Devonian of the World" constitute the proceedings of the second International Symposium on the Devonian System, sponsored by the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists in Calgary Canada in August, 1987.

The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate
The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-04-30

Total Pages: 755

ISBN-13: 9781009157971

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Global Environmental Crises
Global Environmental Crises

Author: Graeme Aplin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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It is written for all students and teachers of environmental studies and science, and for practitioners in environmental fields.

Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2
Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2

Author: Jean-Paul Bravard

Publisher: Wiley-ISTE

Published: 2019-05-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781786303844

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The great deltas of the globe have been threatened for several decades but their decline now appears to be inevitable; they are receding and losing the fertility that supports their tens of millions of inhabitants. Our deltas are victims of the dramatic deterioration in the volume of continental sediment brought by rivers to the oceans. By nature, deltas are fragile eco- and geological organisms. For centuries, they have been subject to human actions in the Mediterranean and European world, and today a deep crisis is affecting the great tropical deltas. A chapter is also devoted to concerns facing the Mississippi, an “aging delta of the new world”. Sedimentary Crisis at the Global Scale 2 discusses possible strategies to protect the deltas of the world – or at least adapt them and their dependencies to the changes they face. Several models are possible, including comprehensive protection (such as in the Netherlands) and cautious and respectful opening to the forces of the oceans in an environment-first perspective.