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Rising seas : Miami, Florida / by Kevin Blake.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Eco-disastersPublisher: New York, New York : Bearport Publishing Company, Inc., [2018]Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781684022281 (library)
  • 1684022282 (library)
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Water everywhere -- Changing wetlands -- A hotter planet -- Melting ice, rising seas -- Six directions -- Floods! -- Harming the Everglades -- A serious disease -- King tide -- Pumping the water out -- Building up -- Miami tomorrow -- Fixing the future -- Glossary.
Summary: Miami has a serious problem--water! Sometimes, on sunny days, water bubbles up from storm drains. Residents find their homes flooded. On some days, they see cars floating like boats and even fish swimming in pools of water in the streets. What is going on? And can anything be done to save the city from being completely flooded with water? Rising Seas: Miami, Florida traces the tragic story of the causes of global warming, how this affects Miami--a city built on porous limestone--and how engineers are using pumps and other technologies to save the city from disaster. Fascinating photos of the actual events, maps, and fact boxes enrich the compelling text. The personal and heart-breaking story will grip and inspire young readers.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 363.349 B636 Available 33111008819555
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Miami has a serious problemwater! Sometimes, on sunny days, water bubbles up from storm drains. Residents find their homes flooded. On some days, they see cars floating like boats and even fish swimming in pools of water in the streets. What is going on? And can anything be done to save the city from being completely flooded with water? Rising Seas: Miami, Florida traces the tragic story of the causes of global warming, how this affects Miamia city built on porous limestoneand how engineers are using pumps and other technologies to save the city from disaster. Fascinating photos of the actual events, maps, and fact boxes enrich the compelling text. The personal and heart-breaking story will grip and inspire young readers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Water everywhere -- Changing wetlands -- A hotter planet -- Melting ice, rising seas -- Six directions -- Floods! -- Harming the Everglades -- A serious disease -- King tide -- Pumping the water out -- Building up -- Miami tomorrow -- Fixing the future -- Glossary.

Miami has a serious problem--water! Sometimes, on sunny days, water bubbles up from storm drains. Residents find their homes flooded. On some days, they see cars floating like boats and even fish swimming in pools of water in the streets. What is going on? And can anything be done to save the city from being completely flooded with water? Rising Seas: Miami, Florida traces the tragic story of the causes of global warming, how this affects Miami--a city built on porous limestone--and how engineers are using pumps and other technologies to save the city from disaster. Fascinating photos of the actual events, maps, and fact boxes enrich the compelling text. The personal and heart-breaking story will grip and inspire young readers.

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