Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise

Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise

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Publisher: Climate Change Science Program

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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One of 21 climate change synthesis and assessment products commissioned by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), this report examines the effects of sea level rise, impacts on society, and opportunities to prepare for those consequences, focusing on the eight coastal states from New York to North Carolina. Using scientific literature and policy documents, the report describes potential changes to barrier.


Biogeochemistry of Wetlands

Biogeochemistry of Wetlands

Author: K. Ramesh Reddy

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-07-28

Total Pages: 800

ISBN-13: 0203491459

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Wetland ecosystems maintain a fragile balance of soil, water, plant, and atmospheric components in order to regulate water flow, flooding, and water quality. Marginally covered in traditional texts on biogeochemistry or on wetland soils, Biogeochemistry of Wetlands is the first to focus entirely on the biological, geological, physical, and chemical